A favorite accusation of the anti-War and anti-American left is that we create more terrorists by housing them in Guantanamo or by such actions as enhanced interrogations. They like to point to pictures as those of so called abused (as opposed to decapitated) detainees as being recruiting tools for terrorists. As is most often the case with the accusations of the left the truth is the exact opposite of what they say.
It was our running with out tails tucked between our legs from Somalia after they killed and dragged one our soldiers through their streets that prompted Bin-Laden to label the U.S. a paper tiger. It was the myriad of attacks during the 90’s including the first WTC attack without response that served to cement that notion in the minds of our enemies that was the real recruiting tool for terrorists. It was the application of a strong arm by General Petraeus in Iraq that virtually eliminated terrorist attacks and rather than recruit enemies served to befriend the locals and turn them into allies against a common foe. It is therefore the left and their tactics that are the best recruiting tools for the terrorists not Guantanamo and our pretense in Iraq
