"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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All correct... where's Bin Ladin? Ooops. Bush invaded Iraq instead of
dealing with the real threat. Saddam was a dictator who brutalized his
people, but he wasn't a threat to the US or his neighbors at that time. He
might have become a threat, but there was no need to split our effort. Did
I mention poppy/heroin production is back on track in Afganistan? I guess
we don't have enough troops to deal with that either.

There seems to be some pretty good evidence now that Saddam was a
stabilizing influence in the Middle East, rather than the destabilizing
force we thought him to be. After Iran overtakes Iraq, the Muslim civil war
that will likely ensue should be a whopper.

Wonder if he'd like his old job back?

Max