No hand waving required. We see it directly in the al Qaeda playbook - it took the accelerant of al Qaeda to instigate the sectarian strife. Say what you will about playing into al Qaeda’s hands regarding the invasion - clearly, those who now want to withdraw under the pretense that “it is a civil war” are playing directly into al Qaeda’s hands now. Yet, these same people tend to say “let’s go after al Qaeda where they really are - Afghanistan”. Either these people are really, really dumb or they think that we are … or they are just playing politics with war.</p>
<p>Haven’t read all this thread but Sheehan is a disgrace as a mother…the democrats no longer need her and dump her from the country’s spotlight. So she lashes out against them. Her 15 minutes of fame is up. How about spending some time, grieving her son?</p>