Reply #23: There is one way that the world is better off

[Nancy Waterman]

though it effects Israel more than us. I think Saddam gave some money (10 or 20 thousand) to the families of suicide bombers in Israel. There is no way of knowing how the loss of this extra funding for their families may or may not have discouraged suicide bombers in Israel. But this had nothing to do with al Qaida. Bush likes to conflate all terrorism in the world rather than just focus on al Qaida. Unfotunately, this has helped bring many movements together rather than keep them focused on their own nationalistic aims (Chechnya and Palestinians for example). He focuses on the terrorism rather than on the issues that each group is fighting for.