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Originally Posted by Harmon
I think that up until 9/11, the neocons did not have a whole lot of influence. But after 9/11, it seemed obvious that if we wanted to deal with the terrorists, we'd have to deal with the nations that gave them cover. The only cogent response came from the neocons.
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But with the very greatest respect, Harmon, prior to 9/11 the US had absolutely no problem funding terrorism itself. Need I remind you that in 1986 the USA was convicted in the International Court of Justice of sponsoring acts of terrorism in Nicaragua? Mr. Bush's subsequent position of it being permissable to attack states which "sponsor terrorism" was wholly inconsistent with the US's own previous actions. Pretty much every western nation funds "freedom fighters" (ie "terrorists") when it deems it expedient to do so.