Pulling out of Iraq? I suspect that
Iraq will pour blood into the Persian
Gulf and then return to a strong man
thug, Saddam II. Maybe not. I hope
not. There are various people and
factions there eager for blood, and
when they get killed off maybe there
will be peace there again.
For OBL, you are looking at the bigger
picture, starting with 9/11, and not
just with the Navy Seals and their
raid, and your view is fully appropriate:
OBL and a few guys with airline
tickets and box cutters got the US to
do a lot of harm to itself as you
listed. We were sucker punched.
We've done it to ourselves.
And
apparently OBL was not completely
nuts but understood well enough
to say that his objective was not
to defeat the US but just to watch
it bankrupt itself! We need to wise up.
What we do to ourselves if there
was a really serious threat and attack?
For OBL, you are looking at the bigger picture, starting with 9/11, and not just with the Navy Seals and their raid, and your view is fully appropriate: OBL and a few guys with airline tickets and box cutters got the US to do a lot of harm to itself as you listed. We were sucker punched. We've done it to ourselves.
And apparently OBL was not completely nuts but understood well enough to say that his objective was not to defeat the US but just to watch it bankrupt itself! We need to wise up.
What we do to ourselves if there was a really serious threat and attack?