FrontPage magazine is a leftist organization? In my list of links about the relationship between Saddam and Al Qaeda, their organizations is featured pretty prominently as doing some good investigative work that actually proves the relationship.
WHat does that have to do with the current situation? So anyone who has ever had to deal with Saddam or Al Queda we freeze them out? Where will we get our intell from then? Unlike the cold war where we could insert spooks with relative ease we have a problem now. We have a cultural, ethic and language barrier that can not be easily over come. We have to build bridges with friendly governments over there. That does not mean we trust them with everything, but we have to trust them with something. We need any ally who is willing. We cannot take them all on by ourselves.