Teribus:

I can tell from your posts that you are sufficiently well-informed to know that a dirty bomb does not require weapons-grade material. It requires simply ANY radioactive (even low-level alpha emitters), that when dispersed by conventional explosives are toxic upon inhalation (i.e. just the sort of stuff looted from the research center and waste facility). The toxicity doesn't even have to be high - the word radioactive in the same sentence as bomb would create exactly the fear and panic that terrorists prize.

So, did conquering Iraq make us safer?

(And let's not shift to the "are the Iraqi people better off now discussion - it's a good one, but not the reason we were sold this war).

Respectfully,

TIA