if Iraq had involvement with terrorists, then Saudi Arabia was MARRIED to them. Seems Bush went right past them on the way to Iraq.
Iran too.
He also forgot to seal the borders of a country he invaded, that had American enemies all around it.
quite a plan.
The problem with Iran is that essentially Washington has tried to avoid dealing with them.
Trying to get the rest of the Middle East to oppose Iran lead to even further coddling of the Saudis and their ilk.
Containment has a bad track record.
Actually, al Qaeda, from its inception, sought the overthrow of the Saudi royal family.
It was closely associated with the London-based opposition group al Mujahiroun... as was Saddam Hussein.
His second in command is the spiritual leader of an Egyptian terrorist group that spend its time fighting in the Balkans. That’s right, on the side of the guys who received the arms smuggled from Iran to the Balkans with the approval of Al Gore.