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Originally Posted by TheSollyLama
we went into Afghanistan because that was the HQ of Osama and company. That invasion was completely understandable.
It's the Iraq invasion that is questionable in relation to 9/11. Although by all standards Iraq should have been invaded, and it should have been done a decade before GW did it.
Whether the timing of the Iraq invasion was very smart or not is more of the issue than whether it deserved invasion. Certainly Saddam needed removed- he had violated UN resolutions and the conditions of his surrender more times than you can count.
But afghanistan certainly wasn't some made up boogeyman. The Taliban and Al Queda worked hand in hand, and gave safe haven to the terrorists. Clinton bombed afghanistan several times in (a very weak) retaliation for attacks during the 90's. So to claim the afghan campaign was some GW scheme is asinine and ignores history.
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I wasn't implying it was a GW scheme, just that GW is no closer today than he was then to getting Bin Laden. Anyway, the Afghanistan reference was in response to 636blurr's statement that Canada was also playing world police by being there. I was just trying to point out the different roles the US and Canada played and are playing there.