StudioGlyphic

I'm completely sick of the administration and its backers equating the war in Iraq with confronting terrorism despite the debunking of all pre-war claims about WMDs and an Iraq-Al Qaeda link. And the journalists and politicians are not calling them on it. I could list specific examples, but really, it's a ubiquitous phenomenon. If we let them continue to repeat the "Iraq war = war on terror" mantra, we let them control the conversation. We cannot let them do that. Every time they say it, we need to hit back and say:

Iraq is a distraction. Instead of chasing Al Qaeda through the mountains of Afghanistan, we took a detour through Baghdad. Instead of working with leaders around the world to prevent terrorist acts and infiltrate their organizations, we pissed off long-term allies and the Islamic world. There was no imminent threat from Iraq. There was no connection between Iraq and September 11. Now that we're there, we've inflamed anti-American sentiment and swelled the ranks of terror organizations.

If time is limited, just firmly state: "There was no imminent threat from Iraq. There was no connection between Iraq and September 11." Repeat.