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[kandrathe]

And now leaks from part of a US intelligence assessment that the war in Iraq has --- surprise, surprise ---increased Islamic radicalism and worsened the terror threat. Who woulda thunk it.

Well, increased compared to what? The NIE is a "worst case" scenario document, so the press portraying it as a "likely" scenario case is misrepresenting it's value and intent.

Also, can I just say here that in light of Mr. Bill Clinton's recent interview... Both sides need to get off their butts and start working together on the real geopolitical problem here and quit playing politics. It feels like we've back slided to Sept 10th, 2001 here. Take a fricken minute and listen to what the Islamacists, terrorists and others are telling us they are going to do to the Great Satan. You remember, the smell of sulfer in the UN?

The Great Satan explained

Choose the form of your destructor...