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U guys keep argueing about trees and don't look at the forest......what is the larger picture....the long range view....what is the world going to look like in 5 years....where is the US heading and how are we trying to get there?

I believe the US has a cohesive and comprehensive foreign policy....which is aimed at preventing any further attacks by terrorist organizations.

I think the core of the policy goes back to the speech GW gave after 911 that your either with us or agin us....that includes anyone who aids, abetts, or habors terrorists...and we are going to get them....

Afganistan was the start, Iraq was a centerpiece but not for the obvious reasons...it has more to do with the political effect it has on other Arab or Islamic countries....that the USA has the will and means of achieving it's ends....that we are a serious country. This is to a world that understands force and violence more than it respects human rights....which is illusory at best.....