THE COST OF DIVERSION

The Miserable Failures

Many Brits undoubtedly are asking themselves today why they went along with Tony (the Poodle) Blair and his asinine decision to join Bush's diversionary war in Iraq, after London was shaken by multiple bombings this morning.

As is the same case with the United States, Britain has never been attacked by any terrorist plots from Iraq. The group "The Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe" who claimed responsibility for today's bombings in London is almost assuredly based in either Afghanistan or Pakistan and certainly not from, or has any ties to, Iraq.

We have close to 140,000 American troops in Iraq and have never had more than 15,000 in Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda has always been. The diversion of 140,000 troops to a country that was not a threat, did not attack us or who never had ties to the people who did, is just another example of the many failures of this administration and those who sheepishly followed.

We should have finished the job in Afghanistan and destroyed al-Qaeda when we had the chance. We could have used just even half of those 140,000 troops who were needlessly diverted to Iraq to accomplish that mission and we could have saved $300 billion, 1,750+ lives and 13,000 wounded that we've wasted in Iraq.

Don't listen to the fools who now try to somehow rationalize their failure in Iraq. Just ask them: why didn't we finish the job against the groups who were, and who still are, responsible for the terrorists' attacks?