Reply #41: Your eyes aren't opening up to the fact that I am not limiting myself.. [View All]

[tx_dem41]

to talking about Iraq only. I'm talking about the entire ME region as well as Indonesia/Malaysia/Phillipines. Why do I care if AQ existed in Iraq before our invasion? AQ existed in the world before our invasion and that's all that matters.

And of course our policy in past Admins contributed to the rise of terrorism. But, hiding behind a Fortress America is not going to make terrorism go away. Its a very Republican paleo-con idea that was tried once in the country unsuccessfully. I don't want to live in a world where the Arabian Peninsula is ruled by terrorists. We need to address the fact that millions of people in countries in Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia for example are living under oppressive regimes (with the support of our policy) and many are seeing that the only alternative readily available are thru terrorism. By hiding behind our borders, we can do nothing to change that. We need to change our policy to aid such a change, but withdrawal does nothing to help those people. Neither does invasion. Someone has to find a middle ground.