This is actually the opposite of what has happened. To quote Richard Dawkins, of The Guardian in early 2003, (quote taken from the book 'Imperial Hubris', 2004, author Anonymous)
Further, it has been said that the USA is in a classic lose-lose situation. If they pull out, it will will appear that they have lost. If they stay, they will bleed to death. This is the hope of Al-qaeda, that the US Army will stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, continue to take casualties, continue to spend billions that they don't have, and continue to draw in insurgent fighters from other countries. As Gywnne Dyer said, "The US should have declared victory and pulled the troops out long ago...Now they are going to lose... The real problem is that they might not lose fast enough." (A bit of paraphrasing on my part, but this reference can be found in the book "Future: Tense by Gwynne Dyer, 2004)
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I should have made myself clearer, sorry. The worst thing that could have happened so Osama Bin Laden was our taking "control" of Iraq, not blowing things up there. Osama and Al Quaida only wanted us to come into Afghanistan and raise hell. Fortunetly, we kept going.
By the way loniusfleabag, any good forums around for me to check out?