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Originally Posted by VRM
Something could have been transported out, but if we had any sort of legitimate suspicion/evidence that had happened then shouldn't we have invaded Syria or Jordan?
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Doing that would require opening a huge can of worms. Syria/Jordan are in effect just puppet kingdoms of Iran. Mess with Syria/Jordan and you have to mess with Iran. And Iran is
really friendly with Russia; so much so that Russia has said an attack on Iran would be considered an attack on Russia.
The bottom line is Afghanistan and Iraq were kind of "outsiders" in the whole middle east. The Fundamentalist Islamics (Taliban) in control of Afghanistan are an embarassement to the more "moderate" Islamic countries. And Saddam wasn't well liked because of his brutality toward his own countrymen, and his constant warring with surrounding countries, among other things.
Islamic politics are a very odd. They all have varying degrees of dislike for the "West." They all have a certain amount of dislike for one another. But they all share an equal hatred for Israel; the only thing they can't seem to agree on concerning Israel is who is going to get to destroy Israel.