I disagree. Bin Laden has never had operational control of Zarqawi or (apparently) of anything going on in Iraq. There has been plenty of "executive level" communication and coordination, but nothing operational apart from Bin Laden and Zawahiri complaining about Zarqawi's tactics.
As for the chance we are taking, what I am saying is that there are no guarantees. At the end of the day only the Iraqi people can guarantee freedom for themselves. I can see a future where we have some presence in Iraq similar to the presence we had for years in the Philippines, but that depends on the Iraqis. If they want us out we will leave and it will be up to them to make their own future. On 6/16/06, Gruss wrote: > > > > Think of the intelligence we'd gain if we actually used our forces to > capture Bin Laden! Had we not been bogged down in a quagmire we'd > probably have taken out Bin Laden and most of Al Quaeda by now. > > The death of Zarqawi is simply something that should've happened a > looooonnnngg time ago. You don't throw a party for the guy who shows > up 7 hours late to work. > > > 1. Possible, but that's the chance we take. > > Essentially you're saying this: > > Sure, we spent half a trillion and 3000 lives, but Iraq was > dictator-free for 4 whole years. Oh! And we finally got around to > killing a few of those dudes that murdered our civilians. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209658 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
