War is peace

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But, as PTM just highlighted, the war in Iraq now runs completely contrary to your supposed goal of eliminating Islamic rule. It's taken a huge step backwards and has created a haven for terrorists and introduced MORE Islamic rule to the region than there was before. And yet, it was justified using the terrorism excuse. How? Well, we're back to the original point. War is peace. Once the American public latched onto that concept, justifying war was easy. And building of the same concept, that we must fight for peace, the administration actually enacted policies to covertly incite terrorism to give them an excuse to counter attack ([url=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Proactive_Preemptive_Operations_Gr oup)look, murder plans in handy Power Point format![/url]). This preemptive stuff is total crap. It runs counter to everything that we're supposedly protecting. The ends do not justify the means.

Sorry- I don't know what PtM highlighted- but I will continue the discussion with you- though I admit to being woefully unable to participate fully.

The concept of peace through strength and therefore by war does make sense to me-as for more Islamic rule, I have to ask, is it radical rule? Is it rule that demands our conversion or death, or it is simply what they chose to base their freedoms on?

Haven? You have foreign insurgents coming in to cause trouble in Iraq- like honey to a bee. Yes, I know you have heard that before.

Again- sorry, not fully engaged today.....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Haven? You have foreign insurgents coming in to cause trouble in Iraq- like honey to a bee. Yes, I know you have heard that before.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Jan13.html

But the council's report suggests the conflict has also helped terrorists by creating a haven for them in the chaos of war.

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Before the U.S. invasion, the CIA said Saddam Hussein had only circumstantial ties with several al Qaeda members. Osama bin Laden rejected the idea of forming an alliance with Hussein and viewed him as an enemy of the jihadist movement because the Iraqi leader rejected radical Islamic ideals and ran a secular government.

I wish I could find it, but I read an article a couple days ago that said that a significantly larger portion of the "insurgents" than previously thought are not insurgents at all, but are coming from within Iraq.