9 out of 10 of Kerry's swift mates say he's a hero

[The Duke]

Smash, you think Syria is a part of the fundamentalist Islam problem?

Funny, they have a secular Ba'athist government just like Iraq did, yet you claim Iraq had nothign to do with terrorism.

Partisan hack.

[The Duke]

Smash, you think Syria is a part of the fundamentalist Islam problem?

Funny, they have a secular Ba'athist government just like Iraq did, yet you claim Iraq had nothign to do with terrorism.

Partisan hack.

Syria's govt is Bathast, but their is a lot of fundamentalist support within the country, something that did not exist in Iraq (well now it does).  I'm in no way saying Saddam was a good guy or anything like that he was a horrific dictator, but as far as threats to the United States, Iraq was lower on the list than the others I mentioned

Ansar al-Islam, the PUK, and undercurrents of radicalism within the Shi'ite community are not results of the occupation, but long standing factors within Iraq.

[The Duke]

Smash,

I agree we should be concerned about all of those countries, BUT WHAT SEPERATES THEM FROM IRAQ?

[The Duke]

Smash,

I agree we should be concerned about all of those countries, BUT WHAT SEPERATES THEM FROM IRAQ?

They are bigger threats. More people we needed to be worried with in the other areas, more connections to Al Qaeda

What were the Syrian connections to Al Qaeda at the time we hit Iraq?

[The Duke]

Smash, as i understand your case it boils down to this.

1. Bush attacked Iraq because of connections to Al Qaeda that only existed as speculation.

2. Bush's claims that Iraqi WMD existed and were a threat was also speculation.

3. Wars should not be launched based on speculation.

4. You then speculate the the JIC report contained information that connects Suria to Al Qaeda and say this justifies attacking Syria.


Uhhhh, okay.