I have heard this argument, but it doesn't really wash. I assume that the attacks of September 11 2001 were also a protest against the invasion of Iraq?
In which case, the terrorists showed remarkable prescience.
The Al-Qaeda doctrine is based on, if anything, opposition to an ideology (America's) that would remain in place whether the US had invaded Iraq or not. Much though I would like to believe that standing up to Bush and opposiing an invasion of Iraq would have kept us off the hit list, I fear that would not have been the case. And, stubborn bastards that we are (unlike the wimpish Spaniards) it makes us even less likely to oppose Blair now.
Re: The Germans did it more thoroughly
In which case, the terrorists showed remarkable prescience.
The Al-Qaeda doctrine is based on, if anything, opposition to an ideology (America's) that would remain in place whether the US had invaded Iraq or not. Much though I would like to believe that standing up to Bush and opposiing an invasion of Iraq would have kept us off the hit list, I fear that would not have been the case. And, stubborn bastards that we are (unlike the wimpish Spaniards) it makes us even less likely to oppose Blair now.