Remember the old story about the drunk who dropped his keys? They found him looking for them under the street lamp. "But you didn't drop them here" they said "Ah, but there's more light here so I can see better."

That seems to me the same basic logic as there is for this war they're gearing up for. Al Qaida might have organised September 11th, but it's tricky finding them. Iraq on the other hand appears to have had nothing to do with September 11th - but at least they know where Iraq is.

And there's all that lovely oil up for grabs as well...