tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post115144856844222139..comments2024-01-21T00:21:39.004-06:00Comments on Three Wise Men: In trying to fight the inevitable in Iraq, we may lose AfghanistanAlexander Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1151476127160118152006-06-28T01:28:00.000-05:002006-06-28T01:28:00.000-05:00That's not strange at all, and I meant to be impli...That's not strange at all, and I meant to be implicit in my post, but you flesh it out well. <BR/><BR/>Of course, we know from Richard Clarke that at least to Rumsfeld, Iraq was originally of higher priority than Afghanistan - right after 9/11.adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863984001571739736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1151453730990389492006-06-27T19:15:00.000-05:002006-06-27T19:15:00.000-05:00As strange as this may sound at first, it is argua...As strange as this may sound at first, it is arguable that Afghanistan presents a greater threat to our national security than Iraq does. If we were to leave Iraq and it were to descend into civil war, there is not much liklihood that jihadists will descent on Iraq to set up terrorist training camps, then leave Iraq to try and make their way over here. No, they'll be busy fighting the Shiites in an attempt to create a theocratic state in their mold. But in Afghanistan we are fighting the resurgance of a group that permitted Al Qaeda to operate and plan missions to strike us, in their territory. I would argue that the greater danger, as far as terrorism goes, is Afghanistan, tracts of which are still largely a no-man's land for coalition forces. <BR/><BR/>(The danger an unstable Iraq presents to the Middle East, and thus to us, is another argument for another post.)Alexander Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.com