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surely you don't think...
FrankC — (archived)

that Zarqawi would be directing terrorist activity elsewhere including perhaps in the USA.

Surely you don't think that Islamic radicals are so terrified by the possibility of a prosperous democratic Iraq that they feel compelled to focus on defeating us there before bringing it to our shores.

Unfortunately, considering the our tendency to war weariness and the huge non-recoverable cost of war, the strategy has become problematic.

I said before we started that casualties continuing for over a year would become a problem and I believed that we were willing and able to take the heat for whatever effort was needed to pacify the country in 12-18 months. The lack of resolve to get it done or the the poor intelligence that led us to believe that we could get it done is what eats at me now.

The outcome could still be long term positive for Iraq but the drain of treasure and the devisive cost of lives are making the adventure questionable for our side.

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