An CIA veteran (22 years in the agency).| • | Iraq invasion was "an avaricious, premeditated, unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat” |
| • | "The major problem with the Iraq war is that it distracted us from the war against terrorism. But more importantly... it caused us to invade a country that's the second holiest place in Islam" |
| • | The United States is not making a dent in the war on terror against these foes |
| • | "there seems to be very little opposition to him within the Muslim world, and that's why I think that our assumption that he distorts Islam is just that, it's analysis by assertion. I'm not sure it's quite accurate" |
| • | the reality is that there is a large and growing among the world's 1.3 billion Muslims against America, not because of a misunderstanding of America but because they understand our policies very well |
| • | "most of the Islamic world believes they know exactly what we're up to, and that's to deny the Palestinians a country, to make sure that oil flows at prices that may seem outrageous to the American consumer, but are not market prices in the Islamist's eyes, supporting Russia against Chechnya. I think very coolly bin Laden has focused them on substance rather than rhetoric. And his rhetoric is only powerful because that is the case. He's focused them on U.S. policies" |
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