Thanks to a leaked national Intelligence Report we now the cause of the growing terrorist threat. Our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is encouraging the recruitment of more terrorists and increasing our risk of being a victim of terrorism.

Before that we were told that it was our military bases in Saudi Arabia that caused increased terrorist activity around the world, before that we were told it was our involvement in the Somalia famine relief mission, before that we were told it was our support for Israel, before that? The reality is, this and other excuses are nothing more than that: excuses.

These Islamists have been attacking us for decades and any action by the US is used as justification for these attacks. The fact is radical Islamic terrorists are active around the world and they aren’t just attacking US targets. They are attacking school children in Russia and Indonesia. They are attacking teachers and monks in Thailand. They are attacking men, women and children in the Philippines. They are attacking film makers and authors in the Netherlands. They are attacking shop owners and commuters in France. They are attacking tourists in Egypt. They are attacking Christians in Sudan and Kenya and Nigeria. They are attacking travelers in India. They are planning attacks in Canada (the most benign of all western nations). They are attacking infidels everywhere.

Iraq cannot explain or justify these attacks, nor does Iraq explain September 11th, the attack on the USS Cole, multiple attacks on Americans Saudi Arabia, the slaughter in Somalia when we attempted to feed the starving, the first WTC attack, countless hijackings and bombings during the 1980s and numerous other terror attacks.

It so very fortunate for our enemies that we Americans have such short memories, as an attack today will be forgotten tomorrow, all in the name of politics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5384366.stm

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