I have to applaud Leonard Pitts, Jr., who is becoming one of my favorite columnists. (Mr. Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald). He puts forth to his readers the statement: "Tell me again how the Iraq war has made us safer from terrorism. Spin for me once more the theory of how, by drawing the terrorists' attention there, we'ver made ourselves more secure here. Point out for me again how we've suffered no terrorist attack since that day George Bush took the fight to the enemy. You'll have to speak up though. It's going to be hard to hear you over the explosions and sirens and wails of the maimed in London." As Mr. Pitts further states, "Yes, you're right. (The attacks Thursday) happened there, not here...Sooner or later, one awful morning yet to come, it will be us again, for real."
George Bush is trying his best to continue to create a link between the Iraq War and terrorism, as was seen in Bush's address to the nation a few weeks ago. And even though the US has taken the war to the terrorists, I am not sure who it is that is really winning? Tony Blair was shown this lesson on Thursday. While thousands are killed and maimed in Iraq, the terrorists continue to strike. While Saddam Hussein, as evil as he is, sits in a jail (and rightly so), Osama bin Laden, continues to reek havoc, and the US has no, idea where he is. Will Bush and Blair ever be able to admit the mistakes? Bush will never admit it, but at least Blair has previously said mistakes were made in the intelligence. Bush won't even admit that. And when will the American people wake up and realize that George Bush had it in his mind long before 9-11 to get rid of Hussein? After 9-11 Americans wanted someone to pay for the crime, and Iraq became the target, along with Afghanistan.
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