The Fallacy of the Bleedout

The United States is in a tough place. We invaded a sovereign country for oil, and it’s not going so well. As this from the Atlantic Free Press points out, there were no terrorists in Iraq before the war. Sure, there are many there now, but most of those probably weren’t terrorists before the war. Our actions have undoubtedly created many more terrorists than we’ve killed.Anyone who doubts we’re in Iraq for any reason other than oil just isn’t paying attention. As for the assertion that "we’re fighting them there so we don’t have to fight them here" is looking at the world through a pair of spectacles better suited for the 19th Century. There’s no front line that the terrorists have to pass to get to the U.S. All they have to do is get on a commercial flight, or if they are on a terrorist watch list, travel to Mexico or Canada and walk across the border. Our fighting them in Iraq and Afghanistan isn’t keeping them away from our homeland. They are most definitely coming for us here, in part because of our troops’ presence in the Middle East, not despite it.