Is the war in Iraq making us less safe and jeopardizing our national security?

America + Iraq War = 7x More Worldwide Terror

A new study shows terrorism is up 607% since the start of the Iraq war. Far from reducing terrorism and the number of terrorists, the war in Iraq has led to more terror attacks around the world, according to researchers from the Center on Law and Security and the New York University School of Law.

U.S. Spy Agencies: The War In Iraq Has Fueled Terrorism Across The Globe

Project on Defense Alternatives: How much has terrorism increased since the "war on terrorism" began? "The wages of war: Global terrorism up since 9/11 attacks,"  ...  Full .pdf report: 

21 former generals, diplomats and national security officials: the "hard line" taken towards Iran’s nuclear program—and in the “war on terror” in general—has actually undermined U.S. security. 

The United States is losing its fight against terrorism and the Iraq war is the biggest reason why, more than eight of ten American terrorism and national security experts concluded. 

Scathing conclusion of a survey of 100 leading American foreign-policy analysts: Washington is failing to make progress in the global war on terror and the next 9/11-style attack is inevitable.

Musharraf: Iraq war has made world 'less safe'

Time magazine: Why Iraq Has Made Us Less Safe 

International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS):
Iraq Occupation Made World Less Safe

War in Iraq may be fuelling global insecurity, Canadian spy chief warns

During a trip to Washington, the generals said the presence of U.S. forces was fueling the insurgency, fostering an undesirable dependency on American troops among the nascent Iraqi military, and energizing terrorists across the Middle East.

April 27, 2005: The number of serious international terrorist incidents more than tripled last year, according to U.S. government figures, a sharp upswing in deadly attacks that the State Department has decided not to make public in its annual report on terrorism due to Congress this week.

How America Created a Terrorist Haven

Ex-CIA analyst says US policies in Islamic world have given boost to Al-Qaeda and its leaders.

Oxford Reasearch Group: Current US and UK foreign policy is totally counterproductive and is encouraging terrorism and proliferation of WMD 

Another military strategist says that it's time to get out of Iraq

Are We Safer? Five Years After the September 11th Attacks: Assessing the U.S. Security Situation and Alternatives for Moving Forward an Anthology of National Security Essays, September 2006. Nine essays and assessments published by the Security Policy Working Group addressing the security situation five years after 9/11.

Jordanian king - arguably the most moderate, pro-U.S. leader in the entire region - warns that U.S. actions have helped increase the risk of at least 3 middle-eastern civil wars in 2007

and by the way...

Cheney: “If We Had It To Do Over Again, We'd Do Exactly The Same Thing” 

Rumsfeld said "he would fire the next person" who talked about the need for a postwar plan.

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