[Happy Monkey]

I think you're putting words in my keyboard there. I can't figure out how you get that from my post.

First, notice that I was talking about Iraq, and not Afghanistan. The fact that Iraq was irrelevant to 9-11 was definitely an issue.

And then each instance of the US throwing its weight around (rather than using diplomacy) to push the dubious goal poisoned both US prestige and any legitimacy of the goal.