The War on Terror So Far . . .

Ken AshfordIraq, War on Terrorism/TortureLeave a Comment

Pluses:

  • Saddam Hussein out of power

  • Many dead/captured terrorists or Iraqi resistence

Minuses:

  • 550 dead American soldiers

  • 200 dead Spanish citizens

  • Lord knows how many dead innocent Iraqis

  • Lord knows how many wounded

  • No new democracies (just two police states, and a new socialist leader in Spain)

  • Bin Laden still alive

  • al Qaeda still active (obviously)

  • Taliban controls 1/3rd of Afghanistan

  • Coddling of Saudi Arabia (despite its ties to al Qaeda)

  • Coddling of Pakistan (despite admitted nuclear proliferation)

  • U.S. no longer world’s leader — it just has the most guns

You know what? I’m not impressed with Bush’s "toughness" on terrorism.