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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Talk $h!t.
It's been well documented that OBL hated Saddam, who was a secularist. Saddam's ties to Al Qaeda were not large, a few Al Qaedians were in Iraq, I imagine Saddam met with a few -- keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . .
Bush and Cheney have poured, at great expense, an enormous amount of fuel of the fire and have given OBL the propaganda coup of his dreams.
Who would'a thought: arrogant pompous ass OBL outwits the Dubya-meister.
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That's right. With very few exceptions, the "Al Qaeda" in Iraq were not Al Qaeda before we invaded Iraq. Thus the perception that we're "fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq" is flawed and self-serving.