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Originally Posted by cthulu23
I don't think that any president is going to ignore Al Qaeda again, as earlier presidents and, initially, this administation, did. Kerry has called for more troops in Iraq which doesn't exactly imply weakness in that arena. As for Afghanistan, Bush has definitely given priority to Iraq. They did have elections but things are far from stable there (hopefully improving, though).
As for the state sponsors of terrorism angle, does it seem that likely that our military is capable of doing much else as we are tied up with the occupation of Iraq?
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Al Qaeda is not the only source of terrorism. More troops in Iraq does not mean less guerilla activity. At the very least the opposition in Iraq and Afghanistan will test Kerry's resolve especially given his well rehearsed stance of "wrong war, wrong time" etc.
Our military is still incredibly capable of doing more. It took us how many hours to complete both Gulf Wars? Destruction of a state sponsor of terrorism would take little effort. Trying to occupy one is certainly a different matter. Regime change (which requires ground forces) would not be the first step but, like Iraq, the last.