Had a thought.
After the first Gulf War, the people in the middle east must have been impressed at the awesome display of power we presented, the carnage of that column fleeing Kuwait and the speed of our victory.
After this debacle in Iraq, they must be thinking, the mighty USA ain’t so tough. They(we) can be bitch slapped and eventually beaten. Driven out of their sacred land with our tails between our legs.
I know all about the relatives of “collateral damage” becoming terrorists on a revenge trip, but more than that. Has Bush’s mishandling of this war actually given the terrorists a boost by convincing recruits that maybe they are joining a potential winner rather than a suicide squad?
