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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dougb" data-source="post: 1979009" data-attributes="member: 415287">The Taliban of Afghanistan harbored and gave material aid to al-Qaeda. They provided training bases, weapons, and even allowed al-Qaeda operatives to travel on diplomatic passports. They were an important factor in the planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks. We demanded that they turn Osama bin-Laden over for prosecution, and they refused.The Taliban and al-Qaeda are still threats.Iraq was not a threat. It was not sponsoring terrorism, it was not building WMD, and in fact al-Qaeda had targeted the Ba'athist government for being too secular and allowing women equal rights.The war in Iraq was based solely on George W. Bush's obsession with the nation and his desire to outdo his father.</blockquote>