Phil Carter has an interesting post that describes how our invasion of Iraq may have aided al-Qaeda in several ways. First, by alienating foreign governments that could be helping us shut down al-Qaeda’s financial and logistical networks, and second by increasing passive support for the organization and providing them with a new crucible in which terrorists are forged (taking the place of Afghanistan under Soviet occupation).
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Phil Carter has an interesting post that describes how our invasion of Iraq may have aided al-Qaeda in several ways. First, by alienating foreign governments that could be helping us shut down al-Qaeda’s financial and logistical networks, and second by increasing passive support for the organization and providing them with a new crucible in which terrorists are forged (taking the place of Afghanistan under Soviet occupation).
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