The quote below, courtesy of Think Progress, sums up what we all knew. The Bush Administration saw Iraq as a bigger target than Al-Qaeda. They were hellbent on invading Iraq and would do anything to get their war there. Here's Condi on NBC's Meet the Press this morning:

The fact of the matter is that when we were attacked on September 11, we had a choice to make. We could decide that the proximate cause was al Qaeda and the people who flew those planes into buildings and, therefore, we would go after al Qaeda…or we could take a bolder approach.

So this "bolder approach" apparently meant invading a country that had nothing to do with September 11th, all while letting the guy responsible for September 11th get away with it. According to the quote above, the Bush Administration chose Iraq over Bin Laden and the rest of Al-Qaeda. While they have been fiddling about in Iraq, Bin Laden has still been (relatively) free to spread his ideas, ideas which we are now seeing executed in Iraq. Instead of keeping us safe from terrorism, they have made us an even bigger target.

Crooks and Liars has the video, as always.

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posted by Jonathan @ 12:16 PM Sunday, October 16, 2005   
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