http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:43:25 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/05/135815.php#comment-49406 Hal, I said I didn't want to argue over Iraq, because we won't agree. I stand by that statement. 49406@blogcritics.org Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:43:25 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/05/135815.php#comment-49223 I agree that the invasion of Afghanistan was part of the war on terrorism, but overall that war is not a relative success: invading Iraq had nothing to do with that war. Had we stopped the invasions with Afghanistan, we could have used some of the resources expended on Iraq in actually doing the job in Afghanistan and pursuing terrorism around the globe (instead of increasing it). The huge expenditures that were made and are being made because of the invasion of Iraq will continue to have huge negative effects, globally and domestically. 49223@blogcritics.org Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:07:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/05/135815.php#comment-49080 That is true, but the initial war action in Afghanistan to remove the Taliban was not very controversial, was it? I don't want to argue over Iraq because we will never get anywhere, but we did need to mobilize our military after 9/11, at least for Afghanistan. 49080@blogcritics.org Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:37:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/05/135815.php#comment-49064 one point that is often ignored about the state of the economy post-9/11 is that while the events of that day had significant negative effects, the decision to go to war magnified them. not surprisingly, most companies shelved new project plans in hopes of dealing with them in the new year...but once the war buildup began, that uncertainly put those plans off for at least another six months. and we're still waiting. 49064@blogcritics.org Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:17:59 EST