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erps
my comment about al Qaeda attacking NY was in response to somebody asking how I would like it if al Qaeda came to my state.
and you are right about the contradictory nature of my statements you cited. I guess you CAN pick a country to invade and if it is Arab then the anti American crazies will come (or at least so it seems). But two observations:
1. We didnt get to pick where to go get Osama. He was in Afghan. and then ran to Pakistan (so they say). We have to get him where he is if we are going to ever get him
2. The fallacy (at least so I think, and so do many in and out of the military) in the "flypaper" theory of fighting the crazies over there so they dont come here is that there isnt a fixed number of them. Many experts believe that invading Iraq has resulted in far more recruitments of new crazies than deaths of the ones who were already terrorists. That means we can have as many wars as we like and they can go on as long as we are willing to supply soldiers to drive around and be targets.
But you were right that what I said was contradictory.
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