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Originally posted by The Larry Davis Experience
Why? They certainly haven't done this.
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By "leash", I don't mean necessarily restraining them entirely. Rather, restraining them do doing our bidding. I thought these guys were put in a guarded camp that is basically a large informal prison. I'm sure the U.S. is letting them come and go to collect information we can use. But have you heard of them attacking anyone lately (in, e.g., Iran?)
Then again, some Iranian diplomats have been assassinated in Iraq. I swear its easier to pin that on Al Zarqawi types intent on creating as much friction between all parties as they can.
That "Bush Doctrine" was pretty well pinned down by the 50+ page article Bilmore linked to a few weeks (a month or more?) ago. The article wasn't perfect, or perfectly consise or precise, but it had a few tenets that were clearly laid-out after 9/11, and which I think its useful for us to hold out in the modern world for ourselves as a matter of self-interest.
Start with the idea of others conducting war by proxy against us by shielding terrorists who attack us. The doctrine is:
We will strike you preemptively.
We will strike anyone who knowingly/willingly assists terrorists who attack us.
American will do what it can to maintain and foster Democracies.
There were a few other points (from recollection) that were more wishy-washy (the third is fairly well there).
It didn't mention anything about how Republicans will do whatever is necessary to ensure Republicans stay in control until the war (WWIV) is over, but I'm sure that went without saying.
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