They have not been attacking us HERE..because they have been attacking our brave troops over THERE..
As usual, it is our BRAVE..keeping the rest of us FREE..
I do tend to agree with GB, that our own present, Socialist govt is nearly as big a danger as the terrorists. No matter where you stand, it is quite easy to see that things are much better in Iraq now, than 1, 2 4, or 5 years ago. Had some Democrat's advice been followed; had we "cut & run", the evil ones would have figured us to be a paper tiger, and recruited thousands more. Then with both Iraq & Iran furnishing many oil billion$$ for weapons, munitions and training camps, they could have come at us with a vengance. News program said just this morning that the drawdown can now start in earnest, take about 1.2-2 years, leaving about 50K troops as a guarantor. This is just about what the Bush admin planned, although they wouldn't put a deadline on it. Fact is if you noted, Obuma hasn't actually put a time table on it either! As women are often accused of, Mr O reserves the right to change his mind if things get "sticky" there.
Nearby countries say the Al Queda & Taliban are teetering right now..a good time to topple them in Afghanistan and put an end to their grandious dreams. I believe we would have done it a couple years ago if there had not been so many right here at home throwing as many roadblocks as possible in the path of the prosecution of the war.
Just look at a map, see how Iraq is centered among the Islamic countries? If it does go complete democracy, the idea may well spread throughout the area; a place where democracy has not found a foothold. Problem is, that while our brave troops were fighting to install democracy there, people without enough brains to pour water out of a boot, have voted for a "nanny state" government here.
Now we all must pay for the ignorant margin that brought Socialism/Marxism to a hitherto free people..