I've watched this situation carefully for 25 years. The only thing I can say is that to see the connection you have to put the details together into the big picture. I am not a Republican and I am not an idealogue. I am a moderate, just one of the average people in the middle that helps decide the direction this country goes at every Presidential election. I'm sure you must realize it is the 25% of us in the middle that decides things, eh?

We are infidels to Islam, at least radical Islam, so we must die. For many years the Iraqi gov't has been giving families large sums of money when a family member martyrs themselves in a suicide attack. That is not state sponsorship of terrorism? Iraq has been giving asylum to members of major terrorist groups, giving them land for terrorist training grounds, and allowing ringleaders access to the higest levels of Iraqi gov't. Terrorism is a network, and the first countries that pop out of my mind are Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Libya, Yemen, the Sudan, and Syria. Look at the rhetoric and methodology of Saddam when he ran Iraq. These guys were absolutely hard core radicals. If it looks like a rat, smells like a rat, and squeals like a rat, I'm betting it IS a rat. I don't mind different opinions one bit. What I do mind is those who are willing to say with absolute certainty that their opinions are 100% correct, particularly when their opinions are authored by some "pundit".