I have always thought that Iraq was a move, the correct one, to fight terrorist there and not here - out in the open if you were... I know they are not "out in the open" but they are much more visible there then they would be here and this effort of theirs in Iraq has them disorganized and limits their ability to plan another 9/11 -- again good move in my mind and it appears in the mind others smarter then I. I know opponents will never accept this or concede it is accurate but it does not change the validity of the theory.
The war in Iraq is increasingly looking more like a showdown with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda followers than a battle primarily against Saddam Hussein loyalists.
The shift is making the fight a focal point of the U.S. global war against Islamic terrorists and one that might dictate whether the U.S. wins or loses, said a senior official and an outside expert.
'If they fail in Iraq, Osama and his whole crew are finished,' said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney, a military author and analyst.
The changing dynamic was highlighted this week when the U.S. military launched a major offensive in western Iraq, primarily against foreign jihadists who crossed the border with Syria to join the al Qaeda network in Iraq led by Abu Musab Zarqawi. In a troubling sign, U.S. officers said Zarqawi's terrorists seemed well-trained and well-equipped.
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