[eastforker]

This is my take on all this. OBL got us to take out SH because AQ could not, so al quada could then wage war on us and get us to leave and AQ could have control of Iraq.There may be some truth as to OBL reasoning. He did not like SH, thats a given, AQ is present in Iraq but can not defeat SH. We go in and defeat SH and then AQ terrorist try to demoralize our troops and the home front to try and get us to pull out. Brilliant strategy if true but he forgot one thing, Clinton left office a few years ago and now the adults are in charge.

[eastforker]

I just reread my post and I need to clarify something before I get flamed. When I said "OBL got us to take out SH" what I meant was " by AQ being in Iraq and associated with SH we felt compelled to take out SH". I gotta be more carefull how I say things.