The 3rd assesment: To criticize the invasion & occupation of Iraq but support the preemptive doctrine regarding al Qaeda: --- Scheuer, Michael, IMPERIAL HUBRIS. Why the West is Losing the War on Terror, Potomac Books, USA, 2004, pp. xiv & 213: "I write this book, then, with a pressing certainty that al Qaeda will attack the continental U.S. again,,, and could include the use of WMD... (but) an "Iraq without Saddam would obviously become... a failed state... where al Qaeda... would thrive... and... the U.S... invasion essentially validated all Bin Laden has said in arguing for a defensive jihad against the" U.S.

Source author: Eric Suzán Reed esuzan@sre.gob.mx