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Old 02-02-2013, 09:21 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by co_gator89 View Post
While our presence on the Arabian Peninsula was one of the primary sources of their hatred for us (and not our freedoms), the Iraq invasion was a recruiting gold mine for the jihadis. We could not have given them a better Christmas present.
Ask yourself this. Would OBL have had it any other way?

I think not. IMO, our reaction to 9/11, specifically the decision to go into Iraq, was exactly the reaction he had planned. Sad, really.
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