{"id":1904,"date":"2007-07-15T16:16:09","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/iraq\/"},"modified":"2007-07-15T16:16:09","modified_gmt":"2007-07-15T23:16:09","slug":"iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before 2003 there was no connection between Al-Quaida and Iraq. Of course now that the war drags on in that country, it sounds real great if &#8216;our troops&#8217; fight &#8216;those terrorists&#8217;. After all: the 9-11 shock can justify allot of stuff in many peoples minds. So the news sounds often like US troops would be engaging Al Quaida Terrorists. Since there were not any before 2003 those people have to be either Iraquies that became terrorists during the occupation, or they come from the outside. One of these arguments that can often be heard is &#8220;fight them over there, instead of here&#8221;. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.editorandpublisher.com\/eandp\/news\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003611786\">article<\/a> focuses on the origins of those foreign fighters. What I found more shocking is the number: 135 of them are being detained right now. So it takes more than 1000 US troops to detain one of these foreign fighters??? If capturing terrorists would be the goal then the US would have spend 3.2 Billion dollars to get one of those detainees.  Of course these numbers are simplifications. Of course the situtation in Iraq is probably complicated. Much more complicated than most USAmericans would understand. Wether they are here or fighting over there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before 2003 there was no connection between Al-Quaida and Iraq. 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