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Originally Posted by Hardknock
Ok. Osama was supposed to be the target from day one. But we all know he shifted it to Iraq to avenge daddykins. What would be the purpose of the war on terror if he was dead? There wouldn't be "anyone" to go after anymore.
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Do you honestly believe that if Osama is dead, the terrorists will stop attacking us? Of course they won't, another leader will step up to replace him. And Osama will become a martyr for "the cause", inspiring revenge attacks the world over.
But you knew that already, because:
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Originally Posted by Hardknock
True, but I predict that if word got out that he's been killed, al-quidas recruitment numbers will jump significiantly so people sympathetic to him would help avenge his death because from their point of view, the infidels killed one of their freedom fighters. And that would make things worse.
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Exactly. So why would that make the war on terror for nothing? As long as the evil ideology behind the terror isn't taken care of, this war will not end.
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Originally Posted by Hardknock
According to Bush. When the target was osama that is. What was it? September 13 that Bush blamed it on Osama and declared war on al-quida? That caused our media to focus on him as if he alone carried out the attack himself. We all know that isn't the case, but our media didn't make that abundantly clear.
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The target was never only Osama. Osama was to be brought to justice, as the mastermind behind 9-11. But that never meant that taking out Osama was the sole purpose of the war on terror. AFAIK, Nobody said that, and nobody even implied that.
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Originally Posted by Hardknock
Reading this makes me think that you are either playing dumb just to see what type of response you'll get or you actually been hiding under a rock for the past 3.5 years. To answer your question, Bush declared war on him and his followers! Americans wanted to see him dead. You know, our lustrous thirst for revenge? Dead or alive rewards were issued in the aftermath of the attacks.
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Bush declared war on Osame, his followers, and any nation supporting them and their ideology. Americans want him dead, but not just him; they want every terrorist and terror-supporter dead. Thirst for revenge and all...
Where have *you* been in the past 3.5 years? Al-Qaida has evolved from being a mere terror group to being an inspiration to other terrorists world-wide. Not because the US started fighting them, but because they pulled off 9-11 style attacks, and had a good "P.R. department".