And herein lies the rub.
The 'liberals' in the MSM(they're actually pacifist-socialists) have never thought of Iraq as part of the 'war on terror'. That term is solely confined to the friends & coworkers of the 19 fazools who pulled off 9/11... who (in their confused minds) should be tracked down by Interpol and brought to the Hague for trial.
A perfect example is the way they're describing the would-be, terrorist 'youths' up in Toronto as... disaffected, Canadian citizens.
MSM doesn't "think"