Sure hatred in Iraq has grown since we marched into that God forsaken land. Regardless of how OUR press sells it to the world we have done some good there. But to say Al Queda has grown purely because of this, is wrong and pure speculation. How do all the people with perfect future and past vision not know that, for example, Saddam wasn't thinking of conscripting/hiring 50,000 more terrorists and then become buds with Bin laden???...We don't know, and that's the point!
Keep fighting in their yard. 18K? Give me and some buds enough time, money and weapons - that problem can be elimnated!
18,000? Is that all? After all the raving by our press? 18000? What a joke!!! I mean I'm not down playing it - it seems one guy can bring us to a halt, but it's just the whole fear thing used by BOTH sides.
Yes let's be ready. More than ready, let's strike FIRST!