What is it the President is so fond of saying? "We can fight them in Iraq or we will fight them here." The argument implies that we have the terrorists tied down in Iraq.
McClatchy's Washington Bureau is reporting that next week the State Department will release a report on terrorism indicating that in 2006 worldwide there were 14,338 terror attacks, up 29 percent from 11,111 attacks in 2005. Forty-five percent of the attacks took place in Iraq.
Worldwide, about 5,800 people were killed in terrorist attacks, also up from 2005.I don't recall Iraqis being asked if they want to die over there, so we can be safe over here. Frankly, I don't think the President's logic holds, but I do know that a lot of innocent people are dying when we should be talking peace.
The figures for Iraq and elsewhere are limited to attacks on noncombatants, and do not include strikes against U.S. troops in Iraq.
Hint: If the terrorists really wanted to die here, they could do it for the price of an airline ticket. Considering what we did to them in Afganistan after 9/11, I don't think they want to attack us right now. The last think the terrorists want to do is piss off the American people.
