Has the invasion of Iraq really made the United States safer?

[Teddy_Salad]

Indeed, Americans might wish to study Spain's alternative approach to national defense. Voters here might wonder why it's a good idea to have 130,000 American troops in Iraq - while our own borders are sparsely monitored and our own rail system is wide open to terror bombing. And why does the Bush administration wish to spend $200 billion to "liberate" Iraq, but just $40 billion for the Department of Homeland Security this year?

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[Badger1]

1. As stated here

before. They claim that with the capture of SH that the world is a safer place. Tell it to Spain.

[bemildred]

2. Since Iraq was not a threat, how could we be safer? nt