Good Grief,
So many misconceptions in one sentence:
1.) All wars are preplanned--have you not heard of Schlieffen Plan. The Department of Defense conducts war games all the time involving different scenarios and enemies. The results are written up in a book and shelved. The problem with the Iraq war is there are those who feel the policy of "Containment" was working and there is evidence to support such a view--but it is not conclusive. Be that as it may, the complete plan for war with Iraq was not followed--little thought was given to what happens after Saddam was removed. Furthermore, the army had not trained to deal with counter-insurgency since Vietnam. Nearly all the lessons from that period were forgotten. The only units that continued to train on counterinsurgency were the Special Forces and Marines: God Bless'em.
By preplanned I was referring to the fact the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan was in the works before 911
2) Radical Islam is not a perceived threat--it is a threat. They have said so time and again: we are dar el harb and by our very existence we are a threat to dar el Islam. So a faithful radical Muslim has two choices--convert or kill us. UBL has said his number one desire is to convert us to Islam. That kind of religious fanaticism is not reasoned with. You kill him before he kills you or die. Again--visit Ground Zero.
there are radicals of all kinds in all country's that say all kinds of things including this one ,just in the statement you just made kill him before he kills you could be precived..no be a threat to Muslims and following your logic they should kill you before you kill them .ten of thousands of Muslims and south Americans died due to American black op regime changes
3) Intelligence is not misleading. It is either accurate or it is not. What the political masters do with the intelligence, or choose not to do, is what is misleading. Likewise, Preemptive war is not American or unAmerican. It is a military tactic like a flaking movement, frontal assault or a pincer movement. The juvenile idea that America cannot strike first is actually a circumlocution for "Americans must die before military action is taken." Then the question is how many Americans must die before military action is taken--a few dozen, a couple of hundred, several thousand, a few hundred thousand or several million?
This is true there was very accurate intelligence before 911 that could of easily thwarted the attack that was blatantly ignored ,as was the real Intel on wmds
preemptive war was unamericain but Apparently not anymore..how many Americans died due to the people or governments of Iraq or Afghanistan ?
Don't call me "buddy." I am not your buddy. You can address me as MasterChief or Master Chief, but not buddy. If you want a buddy get in touch with Elton John. He'll gladly be your buddy. He lives in Atlanta, across from Piedmont Park, and if he isn't home, just walk through the park and you'll find another.
And none of this has anything to do with the thesis of Walid Phares book.
