Studies: Most foreign fighters didn't wage terror before Ira

Re: Studies: Most foreign fighters didn't wage terror before


Interesting studies, actually, but shouldn't be surprising. A trained cadre of instigators, who seldom take big chances with their own lives, doing a sales job on the mob. . . .

Of course even the best salesperson needs some reasonable material to work with and the invasion and occupation of Iraq was just what they wanted.

Re: Studies: Most foreign fighters didn't wage terror before


Hang on a minute! Hang on a minute!

The Israelis and Saudis, both allies of America, interviewed several potential terrorists and murderers entering the country and didn't detain a single one?

154? They interviewed 154, all of whom will be involved in the taking of American lives and possibly any surrounding lives, maybe British, Iraqi... and they didn't arrest them?

154? Is that representative of all terrorists entering Iraq? For a clinical trial to be effective, it has to go into thousands, not hundreds.

Now, I personally would love to see this statement true. It would prove beyond a doubt that Bush is unworthy and that my criticisms of him are justified. However, that study doesn't seem to be representative nor does it seem empirically or even statistically sound.

Of course, this all depends on how many insurgents are in Iraq at the moment.

If the insurgency is as small as the US once claimed, then 154 is probably most of them and they should have been arrested.

If it is large, then this 154 is not representative and that means there are an insanely large number in Iraq that needs to be dealt with.

I am deeply worried by this study, but not for the same reasons.