Reply #72: Wrong. In the * era the board was not even solidly against the Iraq [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

abomination, and I think the majority here were pissed that we abandoned the fight in Afghanistan to go after CIA buddy Saddam.

I was beginning to think it was pointless myself, as we couldn't get at those who fled to Pakistan, but after the radicals assassinated Benazir Bhutto and started blowing up Pakistani market places the Pakistanis got serious about dealing with them. Now we again have a purpose there, to be the anvil to Pakistan's hammer - AQ and the Taliban will not be able to evade justice by just slipping across the border anymore.

If we just abandon Afghanistan, however, we will be handing both Afghanistan and Pakistan to the radicals. Now there's a lovely prospect.