As I said before, I am opposed to terrorism and wanton brutality regardless of who commits it: whether it is the USA, the Iraqis, the Israelis or the Palestinians. The entire Muslim world contains quite a few angry people who would be willing to help assist suicide bombers to attack both Israel and the USA. The reasons why go back for over 50 years, and are many. To expect no assistance from Saddam's Iraq to those suicide bombers, when they are getting active assistance from elements in all the other Muslic countries (such as our allies, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) would be ridiculous. The USA and Britain have been actively engaged in attacking Iraq (directly or indirectly) ever since 1991. Why would the Iraqis not retaliate?

Therefore such aid to a few suicide bombers (but not to 911) is no particular justification for invading Iraq. If anyone were going to be invaded for helping and funding Muslim terrorists and putting 911 into action it would be Saudi Arabia...but the USA does not want that country destabilized because it is their most crucial foreign oil source, and it is the religious centre of Islam. Too hot to handle. Accordingly...no invasion of Saudi Arabia was undertaken.

Your mistake, Two Bears, is in assuming that the War on Terrorism is being fought for good and idealistic reasons...like protecting American citizens and protecting democracy.

It is not. It's being fought mainly for oil, secondarily for other considerations of pure pragmatic power and control in the world. No politician will tell you that, because it wouldn't sound good, that's all! And people would not support it.

- LH