“And it would make, for decades, a killing field for any muslims mad at the “great satan” and they could sacrifice their life for allah against our troops there rather than in american shopping malls.”
I think that is the REAL reason it was done, and it was pretty effective for that purpose. I’ve explained it that way to a few “moderate” and “independent” types. They always say that it makes sense, but “that’s not what I was sold”. Maybe they weren’t ready for the truth, but Bush could have done a better job of defending it.
Bush frustrated me whenever he pandered to the “moderate muslim” meme. He was trying to be political but it was very frustrating.
There were moderate Nazis too.