[GordonHall]

Originally Posted by Madmartagen

some points are valid, but i dont feel that my freedom is being threatened by anyone in Iraq. that being said, no one in iraq is protecting my freedom. afghanistan and africa, yes, but not iraq. the terrorists that may be in iraq are there because of the invasion, not because of saddam or because iraq was some sort of haven for terrorists. the real war on terror has become a sideshow to iraq. that is my opinion, and that line of thought would make me conclude that the people who died in iraq did so not because they died for freedom and liberty, but because they were lied to and dropped in the wrong country.

You know, it's an interesting argument that the War has created more terrorists and has effectively made the United States less safe. However, the counter to that is 1990s policies of ignoring terrorism has caused more attacks on Americans than the War has. For example, Kenyan embassy bombing, Dar es Salaam first World Trade Center bombing, USS Cole, and 9/11.