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   From: stderr2@backpacker.com   
      
   Clave wrote:   
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   > "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:3FC5116C.CD89B222@backpacker.com...   
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   > >   
   > > Clave wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"   
   > > >  wrote in message   
   > > > news:3FC4FB0F.BE90B7AB@backpacker.com...   
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   > > > >   
   > > > > stan@temple.edu wrote:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > In nj.politics Who Cares?  wrote:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > > You gotta start somewhere, and Iraq was a good starting place.  So   
   how   
   > > > > > > many times has the US soil been attacked since we routed the   
   Taliban   
   > > > > > > and invaded Iraq?   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > So far, no attacks on American soil have happened since last March,   
   but   
   > > > > > American interests in other areas of the world have happened. And   
   there   
   > > > > > is no evidence that the $120+ billion of our tax dollars spent in   
   Iraq   
   > > > > > is going to prevent another attack on American soil, esp. since the   
   > > > > > attacks on 9/11 didn't even come from Iraq.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > Wild assertions from you again.   
   > > >   
   > > > What "wild assertions?"   
   > > >   
   > > That fixing Iraq won't help to reduce the likelihood of future attacks   
   > > on the US.   
   >   
   > He said there was no evidence that it would.   
   >   
   > Do you have some?   
   >   
   We can't know for sure either way yet, which is why saying that our   
   actions in Iraq for sure won't ultimately reduce the changes of further   
   terrorism is a wild assertion.   
      
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