Wouldn't it also have been different if the US and its bezzy mates allies had just gone for the Terr training and holding camps without taking on their resident Nation and wrecking its core infrastructure. As Gen (Rtd) Colin Powell said at the time; you break it, you own it.
As regards that great diversion Iraq, I recall that the head sheds of a number of Governments told a few fibs about the excuse.
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