07-28-2004, 07:05 PM
Ruthless dictators that may be developing a nuclear arsenal and have been shown to have the willigness to use them should all be toppled regardless of whether they are in oil rich countries or not.
al Queda has no foothold in Iraq. No one has a foothold. It's anarchy right now. If al Queda wants to try and fight the US for control of Iraq, I'd welcome it.
The Osama hates Sadam as much as he hates the US is just wrong. It's been shown that he feels the US and western culture is the worst of the worst and everything else is secondary. It has also been reported (and linked in one of the previous threads we've discussed this) that bin Laden was open to working with Iraq, and that he viewed the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
al Queda has no foothold in Iraq. No one has a foothold. It's anarchy right now. If al Queda wants to try and fight the US for control of Iraq, I'd welcome it.
The Osama hates Sadam as much as he hates the US is just wrong. It's been shown that he feels the US and western culture is the worst of the worst and everything else is secondary. It has also been reported (and linked in one of the previous threads we've discussed this) that bin Laden was open to working with Iraq, and that he viewed the enemy of my enemy is my friend.