STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said Wednesday the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had failed tragically in its aim of making the world a safer place and succeeded only in stimulating terrorism.
news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u … aq_blix_dc
Blix is simply saying what many of us have known all along: Bush’s Iraqi war has HELPED terrorists, not hindered them.
Blix points out in the article tht the world is definately more unsafe than it was prior to the Iraqi invasion. Blix correctly points out that all the Iraqi invasion did was “opened Iraq to Islamist militants” whose sole mission in life seems to be the attacking the invading troops.
Let’s face it. The invasion of Iraq has been a tragic lose of both human lives and money. Don’t believe it? Well, just ask yourself if
- bin Lauden has been caught or killed? (It is so interesting when Bush sites the figure “75% of al-Qaeda members have been killed or caught,” he never includes bin Lauden in that number. We all know why that is, right? Because we allowed our attention to be diverted).
- What is happening in N. Korea? Is the situation there being dealt with? Exactly what is the Bush camp doing about a very unstable country?
- Is the USA a safer place since we attacked Iraq? With more and more troops being sent to Iraq, the irony is that one day Iraq may well turn out to be a much more safer place than America. Yikes!
Well, good for Blix for speaking his mind and holding Bush’s feet to the fire for making far too many mistakes as he leads America down a path of personal destruction. :bravo: 
How?
How?
This makes Iraq possibly less safe. But, how does this make the world less safe?
[quote=“cableguy”]Let’s face it. The invasion of Iraq has been a tragic lose of both human lives and money. Don’t believe it? Well, just ask yourself if
- bin Lauden has been caught or killed? (It is so interesting when Bush sites the figure “75% of al-Qaeda members have been killed or caught,” he never includes bin Lauden in that number. We all know why that is, right? Because we allowed our attention to be diverted).[/quote]
Are we not fighting and killing terrorists in Iraq? Why should we be chasing them all over Afghanistan and how would we chase them in the nations from which they have come? Seems like the easiest way to fight them is to have them come to meet our military.
What should we do with N. Korea? Should we attack it? Bush is dealing with N. Korea. He has convinced China, Russia, Japan and S. Korea to talk to N. Korea along with the US. The cooperation of China is vital.
Really, what should we be doing with N. Korea that we are not now doing? Please be specific.
How is the US less safe since we attacked Iraq and ousted Saddam? I go to the US at least 4 times each year, and I haven’t noticed any increased danger there.
Terrorism? What terrorism? Blix had better talk to the BBC. *
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The Power of Nightmares
Wed 20 Oct, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm 60mins
This series shows dramatically how the idea that we are threatened by a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion. It is a myth that has spread unquestioned through politics, the security services and the international media. At the heart of the story are two groups: the American neoconservatives and the radical Islamists. Both were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. These two groups have changed the world but not in the way either intended. Together they created today’s nightmare vision of an organised terror network. A fantasy that politicians then found restored their power and authority in a disillusioned age. Those with the darkest fears became the most powerful.[/quote]
bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/pr … 4_40078_60
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The making of the terror myth
During the three years in which the “war on terror” has been waged, high-profile challenges to its assumptions have been rare. The sheer number of incidents and warnings connected or attributed to the war has left little room, it seems, for heretical thoughts. In this context, the central theme of The Power of Nightmares is riskily counter-intuitive and provocative. Much of the currently perceived threat from international terrorism, the series argues, “is a fantasy that has been exaggerated and distorted by politicians. It is a dark illusion that has spread unquestioned through governments around the world, the security services, and the international media.” The series’ explanation for this is even bolder: “In an age when all the grand ideas have lost credibility, fear of a phantom enemy is all the politicians have left to maintain their power.”[/quote]
guardian.co.uk/terrorism/sto … 04,00.html
*And the BBC wonders why more and more people don’t trust them?