On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:46:37 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:59:41 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"MareCat" > wrote in
>> :
>> >
>> >> "PeterLucas" > wrote in message
>> >> .25...
>> >>> "MareCat" > wrote in
>> >>> :
>> >>>
>> >>>> "Pete C." > wrote in message
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The billions sent to Iraq are a drop in the bucket and while not
>> >>>>> being particularly well spent are at least being thrown in the
>> >>>>> direction of a very real threat.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> What threat???
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Go hug a ****ing tree, then go stick your head back in the sand like
>> >>> a good
>> >>> little ostrich.
>> >>
>> >> Predictable response...and of course you didn't answer my question.
>> >
>> >
>> >No.......... *you* give us all a plausable explanation as to why there
>> >is no threat. And never will be any threat.
>> >
>> >
>> >I'm sure the 9-11 victims families would *love* to hear it.
>> >
>>
>> Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat
>>
>> By MARK MAZZETTI
>> Published: September 24, 2006
>>
>> WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — A stark assessment of terrorism trends by
>> American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion
>> and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic
>> radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the
>> Sept. 11 attacks.
>>
>> The classified National Intelligence Estimate attributes a more direct
>> role to the Iraq war in fueling radicalism than that presented either
>> in recent White House documents or in a report released Wednesday by
>> the House Intelligence Committee, according to several officials in
>> Washington involved in preparing the assessment or who have read the
>> final document.
>>
>> The intelligence estimate, completed in April, is the first formal
>> appraisal of global terrorism by United States intelligence agencies
>> since the Iraq war began, and represents a consensus view of the 16
>> disparate spy services inside government. Titled “Trends in Global
>> Terrorism: Implications for the United States,’’ it asserts that
>> Islamic radicalism, rather than being in retreat, has metastasized and
>> spread across the globe.
>>
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/world/middleeast/24terror.html?ex=1316750400&en=da252be85d1b39fa&ei =5088>
>>
>> so, yes, the "9-11 victims families" are no doubt pleased as punch by
>> the whole war in iraq thing. and it costs just pennies a day!
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>The "new" terrorists didn't just go from being quiet peaceful model
>civilized world citizens to radical terrorists because the US attacked
>Iraq. These "new" terrorists have been violent extremists for a long
>time and the US in Iraq just pushed them over the edge. They have been a
>threat to the civilized world for a long time.
>
>Pete C.

'u.s. in iraq just pushed them over the edge.' yet you think it's
still a fine idea?

why don't we just nuke mecca and medina and be done with it?

your pal,
blake