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Entry: The Afghanistan Fallacy Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_afghanistan_fallacy#28497 Post contents: Christopher It really is time that you educated yourself a little bit on the events of 911. Let me respond to some of the nonsense in your last post: "this discussion is for those of us concerned with fighting Islamic terrorism" If the USA is continually tricked into fighting new and unjust wars for other parties, then it will destroy itself and much of the world. Much "Islamic terrorism" is merely a response to the unjust policies pursued by the USA over many decades. In fact, the USA and its partner Israel are the major problem as regards world terrorism. "... which finds important support in Afghanistan, a country which the vast majority of us believe is the location in which the 9/11 attackers received training and support". In fact, many of the 911 attackers are known to have been trained in US military facilities (search internet for wanttoknow.info/010915newsweek) and the finance to support the 911 attackers came from the Pakistani ISI (search Wikipedia for the article on Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh) an organisation known to work closely with the CIA. In fact, even your opinion on what Americans believe about 911 is wrong. Zogby polls have consistently shown that around 50% of Americans are suspicious of the official story and believe that a new investigation should be held. (search Wikipedia for its article on 9/11 opinion polls) "There are many good articles and debates on that subject elsewhere, most of which reveal the various logical fallacies of people with your position." Name me one "good" article or logical fallacy. All the hit pieces that appeared in the likes of Scientific American and Popular Mechanics have been thoroughly discredited. "above is a contribution to sub-debate about grand strategy among people that accept the premise that Afghanistan at least contains some significant number of al Qaeda terrorists and sympathizers who consider the United States an enemy." Debate based on false assumptions is worse than pointless. Please consider approaching the issue of 911 with an open mind and don't come the bully boy approach with me. Sent at: 2008 12 02