I will think about this.

I had not thought of it this way.
http://oriflamme.blogspot.com/2006/03/god-of-war.html

Now we have admitted that since the war started, all kinds of terrorist organizations have begun to concentrate in Iraq with the goal of destroying the US presence there. And I think that was one of the considerations in going to war. Present a remote site where Islamic zealots could attack the US without actually attacking the US or putting American civilians in harms way.

What do you guys think?