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Originally Posted by Starfury
Though Swamp-Things interpretation of your quote was wrong, doubt that what you were saying - that 9/11 (that's where the 3000 deaths come from, isn't it?) was a consequence of the US' Iraq policy - is correct.
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Yes, it was, as stated by Osama bin Laden.
After Gulf War I, we placed troops in Saudi Arabia, under the auspices of the UN, in order to contain Saddam Hussein. (Remember, the rest of the UN members continue to claim that this containment was working.) The attack on 9.11, perpetrated by al Queda and bin Laden, was retribution for having our infidel troops on Muslim holy land.
There was no reason for those troops to be there. Hussein signed a cease-fire agreement in which he told the UN that he would disarm. We should've realized within the first 7 years that he was not going to disarm and that the UN was not going to make him disarm. If the UN wasn't concerned about it (whose members live much closer to Hussein than we do) then we shouldn't have been concerned about it. If we had removed those troops then there wouldn't have been as compelling a reason for al Queda to attack us.
Remove all troops from all foreign countries and protect this one. If everyone else wants to go to hell in a handbasket, we can make ourselves rich by selling them the technology to get there, and rich again by selling them the technology to rebuild their societies. It's a win-win for us, with no downside. Right now, it's a lose-lose situation with nothing but downside.