I never said that. I said that it is possible that the insurgents from places like "Palestine," for example, and even elsewhere, wouldn't be so psyched to make the trip if they couldn't get a chance at killing the folks from the Great Satan.
Do you not believe that that opportunity is somewhat of an incentive? That packing up and leaving for Iraq isn't so appealing if all that you can do is kill Iraqis?
Well, they're not doing so well, if that's their goal, because they're mostly killing innocent Iraqis.
But that's beside the point..............no, actually, it makes MY point.
The fact that they are packing up and going to Iraq means that they're not plotting to kill the folks from the Great Satan in our homeland, and all the more reason we should still be there.
Whether or not we are still in Iraq has nothing to do with the presence of terrorism in the world. It was there before we invaded Iraq, and it will be there after Iraq is a democracy and we are only a supportive presence.
And it IS a leftist talking point to make any connection between the existence of terrorism and our liberation of Iraq. Al Qaida was a presence there long before March of 2003.