Flypaper theory

I watched a bit of the surprise debate yesterday on the Iraq War (often conflated with the War on Terror), and my stomach churned at some of the nauseous pro-war arguments. The most inhuman goes like this:

"We're fighting them over there in Iraq so we don't have to fight them here."

This is called the "flypaper theory." It goes like this: invading Iraq attracted the terrorists, like a bug light. They come here, we kill them. Sounds sensible, right?

It is monstrous. The alliance of Sunni insurgents, foreign fighters, and former Baath party officials isn't always targeting the Americans with their truck bombs. They've been targeting Shiites.

In short, the "Flypaper Theory" is about using Shiite Iraqis as "bait" to lure terrorists. They are human worms or minnows. And that is absolutely monstrous.