I'd just like to point out that if the US had left Iraq alone, we might actually have the troops and resources necessary to finally defeat the real threat, the Taliban (whom are quite openly in league with AlQaeda). Afghanistan still has only 60,000 mulit-national troops fighting for the destabalized territory, which is short of the other 60,000 that both Canadian and American generals (probably others) are calling for. With over 145,000 US troops still fighting hard to control Iraq, somehow I think we could have instituted more than enough troops to bring freedom to the Afghani people and a good ass-kickin' to AlQaeda and the Taliban (though honestly, sometimes I wonder if the government actually wants Al Qaeda obliterated, or just supressed enough to keep the people indefinately afraid).


BTW, Saddam Hussein and Osama BinLaden hated and publicly insulted each other. Hussein's government kept both Sharia law and Al Qaeda out of his country; now we'll have to see if this new weakened Iraqi nation can hold either at bay for generations to come.