Iraq is 'cause celebre' for extremists (1 Viewer)

[KidRocks]

Well there you have it boys and girls, proof-positive that with President Bush's invasion of Iraq, the world, not to mention Iraq, has become al-Qaeda's oyster. Thanks to President Bush, Iraq is 'cause celebre' for extremists, radicals, insurgents, terrorists and Islamo-fascists! The world is indeed more dangerous, and again, not to mention Iraq.

It's a bleak report that was declassified and released Tuesday on Bush's orders

Indeed, President Bush, with his invasion of Iraq, opened up a Pandora's Box unlike nothing we have ever witnessed. Could World War III be far behind?

"Bring em on" will indeed be President Bush's legacy! :shock:









http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926...69qP0AC;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

WASHINGTON - The war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that probably will get worse before it gets better, federal intelligence analysts conclude in a report at odds with President Bush's portrayal of a world growing safer.

In the bleak report, declassified and released Tuesday on Bush's orders, the nation's most veteran analysts conclude that despite serious damage to the leadership of al-Qaida, the threat from Islamic extremists has spread both in numbers and in geographic reach.

Bush and his top advisers have said the formerly classified assessment of global terrorism supported their arguments that the world is safer because of the war. But more than three pages of stark judgments warning about the spread of terrorism contrasted with the administration's glass-half-full declarations.

"If this trend continues, threats to U.S. interests at home and abroad will become more diverse, leading to increasing attacks worldwide," the document says. "The confluence of shared purpose and dispersed actors will make it harder to find and undermine jihadist groups."...












In the bleak report, declassified and released Tuesday on Bush's orders, the nation's most veteran analysts conclude that despite serious damage to the leadership of al-Qaida, the threat from Islamic extremists has spread both in numbers and in geographic reach.

Bush and his top advisers have said the formerly classified assessment of global terrorism supported their arguments that the world is safer because of the war. But more than three pages of stark judgments warning about the spread of terrorism contrasted with the administration's glass-half-full declarations.

"If this trend continues, threats to U.S. interests at home and abroad will become more diverse, leading to increasing attacks worldwide," the document says. "The confluence of shared purpose and dispersed actors will make it harder to find and undermine jihadist groups."

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

Well there you have it boys and girls, proof-positive that with President Bush's invasion of Iraq, the world, not to mention Iraq, has become al-Qaeda's oyster.

And of course it's what you leave out that's important:

United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qa’ida and disrupted it’s operations.

We assess that the global jihadist movement is decentralized, lacks a coherent global strategy, and is becoming more diffuse.

We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives; perceived jihadist success there would inspire more fighters to continue the struggle elsewhere.

If Democratic reform efforts in Muslim majority nations progress over the next five years polical participation probably would drive a wedge between intransigent extremists and groups willing to use the political process to achieve their local objectives.

The jihadists greatest vulnerability is that their ultimate political solution-an ultra-conservative interpretation of shari’a- based governance spanning the Muslim world is unpopular with the vast majority of Muslims. Exposing the religious and political straitjacket that is implied by the jihadists’ propaganda would help to divide them from the audience they seek to persuade.

http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/De..._Judgments.pdf

Rather than a call to cut and run the NIE is an affirmation of the President's stay the course policy.

 

[KidRocks]

"Bring em on" will indeed be President Bush's legacy! ...KidRocks

...And the worlds Tombstone!

Sorry, but I couldn't resist adding that last line.

 

[Captain America]

If Democratic reform efforts in Muslim majority nations progress over the next five years polical participation probably would drive a wedge

Too many "if's" and "probably's." I hope they are right. But I'm not gonna hold my breath.

Perhaps we'll get a clearer picture of their chosen direction after their civil war.

 

[Iriemon]

And of course it's what you leave out that's important:

Rather than a call to cut and run the NIE is an affirmation of the President's stay the course policy.

There has been "perceived jihadist success there" in Iraq for three straight years now.

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

There has been "perceived jihadist success there" in Iraq for three straight years now.

From the report:

The Iraq conflict has become the “cause celebre” for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of US involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement. Should jihadists leaving Iraq perceive themselves to have failed we judge fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the fight.

We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives; perceived jihadist success there would inspire more fighters to continue the struggle elsewhere.

If Democratic reform efforts in Muslim majority nations progress over the next five years political participation probably would drive a wedge between intransigent extremists and groups willing to use the political process to achieve their local objectives.

The jihadists greatest vulnerability is that their ultimate political solution-an ultra-conservative interpretation of shari’a- based governance spanning the Muslim world is unpopular with the vast majority of Muslims. Exposing the religious and political straitjacket that is implied by the jihadists’ propaganda would help to divide them from the audience they seek to persuade.

United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qa’ida and disrupted it’s operations.

We assess that the global jihadist movement is decentralized, lacks a coherent global strategy, and is becoming more diffuse.

http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/De..._Judgments.pdf

 

[KidRocks]

From the report:

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Boy TOT, you sure know how to debate! :roll:

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

Should of

would of

could of

probably

and if, if and if's!


Boy TOT, you sure know how to debate! :roll:

What the **** are you babbling about?

The report clearly states that the war in Iraq is the central front in the war on terror, that a victory there will sound the death toll for the jihadists, and that a cut and run strategy would be a disaster.

If anything the report is a reafirmation of the Presidents's stay the course policy in order to insure that Iraq becomes a stable Democracy.