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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
Nor can I agree that the sort of border infiltration that terrorists attempt was wholly prevented under Saddam's regime.
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Well there you go again. Why? It was nearly impossible to make sanctioned travel between borders let alone an "infiltration" these borders. Find a source that says otherwise. Saddam's borders were most definetly capped tight. Terrorists never "infilitrated" Saddam's borders, they were invited.
It's not unreasonable to expect allied states like Saudi Arabia to police their borders or at least assist with a solid plan - the truth is we didn't even have one, and that's the issue. We added 18,000 border guards in 2004, and the borders still aren't on lockdown.
www.usip.org/library/oh/sops/iraq/sec/hines.pdf