You surprise me again, Raoul.

Are you seriously operating under the assumption that this planet that we all share is so simply constructed that results to any action can be immediately realized?

The attacks you list were a direct result of Western activity in the Middle East, and not merely in Iraq. The Middle East governments want us (the Western Coalition) to be on their side, and to assist in the resolution to certain political/religious issues. It is the people of the Middle East who do not want us there, because we are (to the uneducated) the religious unclean of the world.

Now, whining about what's going on never solved a damned thing. Do you have a solution that would have kept the murdering tyrant in power and the Middle East happy?

The bombings, btw, are the result of the few, not the majority. These few are under the impression that they are the voices of their people (AKA their personal belief of who and what their people are), but ultimately fail in realizing that once they set off their explosive device, they, and their people, become silenced -- until another martyr-to-be is recruited.

And, for the record, removing Saddam Hussein from power did a hell of a lot, and with minimal casualties all ‘round.

Dan