Less Safe, Less Free by Cole and Lobel

[Anonymous]

In this book,

- James Fallows is quoted noting that it is very hard to find an expert who says Iraq war has made us more, not less safe.
- In a major 2006 survey of US survey, 87 percent of national security experts said the US is *more vulnerable
- The Iraq war created a new generation of insurgents
- The vast number of new insurgents in Iraq allowed Al Queda to send the surplus to Afghanistan
- US deaths in Afghanistan have grown steadily and losses in 2004 were double that in 2005
- The US left unguarded 130 munitions outposts, and 600 thousand tons of weapons
- Although the issue is complex, according to Peter Bergen, %70 of troops in Iraq say we should pull out
- The book lists several investments, opportunities squandered, which would have had clear benefit in making the US safer, such as hunting Al Queda and protecting nuclear sites
- In 2006, intelligence reported that Al Queda had reconstituted itself
- Sources indicate that the war in Iraq lost the US world cooperation in dealing with Iran and Israel

Also:
- Much CIA resources were squandered and destroyed by *not hunting Al Queda where also the BBC reports several of the terrorists alleged to have perpetrated 9/11 terrorists are still alive.



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