It has to be remembered that none of the goals attributed to al Qaeda in the records purported to be from Zarqawi would have been possible had the US not invaded Iraq. First of all, Zarqawi was not an important figure in al Qaeda until Colin Powell made him one. It was only after a speach given by Powell in which he named Zarqawi as a central figure in al Qaeda that bin Laden and the power figures in al Qaeda took much notice of Zarqawi. And also, had the US not invaded Iraq, Saddam would have prevented al Qaeda from making inroads into Iraq. Iraq would not have been an attractive target for al Qaeda without the US presence there.

And now that we see what al Qaeda wants with regard to drawing the US into a war with Iran, we know we can count on the Bush administration giving al Qaeda exactly what it wants. Because the Bush administration always gives al Qaeda exactly what it wants.