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But *how* should they be stopped? Declaring war on Saddam Hussein did nothing to attack Al Qaeda, instead it just made matters worse because they saw it as an implicit American "Imperialist" strategy to foist *their* style of government on the Middle East.
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Going into Iraq was nothing to do with al-qaeda, although I do concede that it has no doubt served their purposes as a recruiting exercise.
Going into Afghanistan did however show Bin Laden that he cannot hide behind the protection of other countries and governments.
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As opposed to, say, the West wanting to overthrow Islamic regimes and replace them with Western Democracies...??
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An interesting term you use "western democracy" a democratic system of government is not a western invention . Also you imply that a dictatorship is an Islamic way of government.
What is wrong with an Islamic democracy?
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their strategy is very similar to ours
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Their strategy may be, but their objectives aren't. We are not trying to eradicate Islam