Rumsfeld again links Iraq to September 11. Surprise.

At this point it's become a cliche.

No, Rummy, Iraq had nothing to do with September 11 and it had nothing to do with the global war on terror. You invaded because the conservatives in your government had a plan for the past ten+ years to take out Saddam. It wasn't because of terrorism, it was because other issues, including US access to oil, threats to Israel and Iraq's neighbors, and more. Al Qaeda - the actual folks behind the 9/11 attacks, the folks you seem to have forgotten, the leader of which, Osama bin Laden, is still at large four years after he attacked us - had no substantial presence whatsoever in Iraq BEFORE we invaded. Saddam had no ties with them at all. But once you invaded and Iraq fell to pieces, Al Qaeda came waltzing in because YOU couldn't stop them, YOU couldn't control Iraq's borders, YOU couldn't keep the country secure or peaceful.

If we're really serious about the war on terror, and really need to act preemptively to stop the people who are enabling the terrorists, then someone need to fire you and this entire incompetent administration for doing more to enable international terrorism than Saddam ever did.

Iraq is the biggest training ground for Al Qaeda in the world - now. Thanks to you. Funny, but I have a hard time believing the September 11 dead are resting comfortably, as you're now claiming, with the fact that you've used their deaths for political purposes and have made a mockery of the very battle that was launched in their name.