On 27 Nov 2006 at 8:45, Doug wrote: > The sectarian violence now occurring in Iraq was sparked when the > Al-Askari Mosque (the Golden Mosque) was destroyed last February by > Al Qaida. Why did Al Qaida do it? To prolong the violence in >Iraq. >Why did they want to prolong the violence? Because of the presence > of the >U.S. in Iraq.
And that is what I call absolute and total nonsense. Your causative chain of thought is founded on the basis that, somehow, Al Qaida's hostility to America is BECAUSE of Iraq. ... Do you REALLY need cites on previous actions they took? No. What's clear is they planned and carried out a major attack. If it had not been there, then it would probably of been in America. (And if not, Europe). Iraq is simply another battle front for what they see as a war against America. >Would the Sunni/Shi'a have occurred anyway? There's no way to know, >but it's significant that before that bombing, violence between >sects was minimal. Absolutely, yes. It was a powerkeg allways waiting to go off, that was only the spark. Why? Because of the strong central government that America tried to set up. Which remains, to me, nonsensical. AndrewC Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
