Bush's newest reason for the Iraq war

Bush is now arguing that if we don't keep fighting in Iraq, no matter how lost the cause, somehow that will lead terrorists to attack America on US soil.

How?

Not so clear.

Yesterday, Froomkin dissected the argument but in a nutshell, Iraq has turned into a civil war. A disaster to be sure. And America will have egg on its face having opened up this can of worms and then utterly lost the battle. That's embarrassing, and it doesn't help us get things done in the world. But how losing a civil war in Iraq somehow brings more terrorists to American soil, well that isn't quite clear.

And in any case, any child can tell you that if you catch a terminal illness it'll kill you. But Doctor Bush seems to want us to believe that he can beat the terminal illness by simply telling us what will happen if we DON'T beat the terminal illness. But it doesn't work that way. Yes, you're screwed if you get a terminal illness. But repeating that fact over and over again won't stop you from getting it, it won't help you cure it, nor will it stop you from dying as a result.

Iraq is terminal, it's a lost cause. Nothing we do or say will change the fact that we tried and we lost. Bush isn't telling us what will happen if we "cut and run" from Iraq. He's telling us what will happen no matter what we do. Such is the unfortunate diagnosis with terminal illnesses.