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Egypt should now commit at least a regiment of armored infantry and a heavey lift rotary-wing squadron to the war on terror. Don’t have to be in Iraq. They have very good relations with Jordan, operating in the eastern province they could interdict one border of Al Anbar. Also apply pressure to Syria from from S/W, Turkey has allready positioned a division along their southern border, adjacent to the confluence of the Syrian/Iraqi borders. Turkey is unhappy with Syria, they also don’t think we are being aggressive enough concerning terrorists. Egypt has problems with radical fundamentalist Islam, the population and government don’t seem to be letting them have their way and are interdicting their more militant urges. It is time for more forward roles for Islamic countries in the war on terror.

Right on, 2H9.

That’s what the response should be to every terrorist action.  Every time they hit, more troops get sent in.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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[...] Terrorist greatest fear today is that America will successfully set up a true and thriving democracy in Iraq. They know that if Iraq is successful, other countries in the region are sure to follow. Keeping this in mind, the terrorists have as one of their objectives the destabilization and discrediting of the current government in Iraq that the Iraqi people voted in in January. One of the ways they are trying to achieve this objective is by trying to keep foreign governments from recognizing the Iraqi government. They did this to Egypt last week by killing the Egyptian envoy to Iraq (background on this can be seen here and here in case you don’t remember). [...]

[...] Terrorist greatest fear today is that America will successfully set up a true and thriving democracy in Iraq. They know that if Iraq is successful, other countries in the region are sure to follow. Keeping this in mind, the terrorists have as one of their objectives the destabilization and discrediting of the current government in Iraq that the Iraqi people voted in in January. One of the ways they are trying to achieve this objective is by trying to keep foreign governments from recognizing the Iraqi government. They did this to Egypt last week by killing the Egyptian envoy to Iraq (background on this can be seen here and here in case you don’t remember). [...]