If we pulled out of Iraq immediately...

[Steven Bickford]

Let's say that Bush heeded the advice of some of the people in this forum and pulled every single US troop out of Iraq and other foreign territories. If this happened, do you think Osama would renounce his jihad on America and stop planning terrorist attacks on US soil?

[Brainwalter]

hmm, depends is he alive or dead?

[NeBlis]

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[Taso]

^why?

[Steven Bickford]

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hmm, depends is he alive or dead?

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As far as we can tell, he is a alive. But if you want to nitpick, simply replace Osama with Al Qaeda in the question.

[Nielsio]

I don't understand the question. The american army is an occupying force. They are the bad guys. What does OBL or whomever have to do with this?

[CaptainFreedom]

Osama bin Laden is just a figurehead. It is the movement of Islamic Fundamentalists that is the problem. And the vast majority of those guys are in Saudi Arabia and the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I think your poll is pretty dumb. It is shortsighted thinking that got the US into the war.

[mosdef]

I don't think OBL is going to change his mind/stated goals at this point. The objective of pulling out of Iraq now would be to:

- Recognize that the stated objectives of the war are not the same as tha actual objectives of the war, and that the actual objectives are being met and are not in the best interest of the majority of American;
- Reduce the probability that current activities are creating OBL version 2020.

Using the on-going problems created by past mistakes to justify/perpetuate current mistakes is not a good idea.

[Phil153]

I think the US would have to stop arming the Israelis and supporting their occupation of Palestine for that to happen.

[Steven Bickford]

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I don't understand the question. The american army is an occupying force. They are the bad guys. What does OBL or whomever have to do with this?

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First of all, Saddam Hussein was the occupying force in Iraq for decades until we liberated the Iraqi people from his reign of terror. Saddam is the one who ordered gas attacks on innocent civilians. It's not our fault that Iran, Al Qaeda, and the former Sunni ruling elite are doing everything in their power to cause chaos and make America look bad.

Secondly, you tell me what OBL has to do with this. I'm not sure if you are among them, but there is a large group of people in this forum who make excuses for the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by saying that US foreign policy is to blame for the attacks.