[dirtboy]

Nice of Al Qaeda to take the fight where we have our greatest concentration of trained soldiers.

[misterrob]

Amen to that. I think what we might see is an opportunity for us to reall kick the sh*t our of these bastards once and for all. Oh, and for any country in the M.E. who is found to be assisting them, you can pretty much expect to have rockets rain down on you.

Could this be the start of the big campaign to blast the evil part of the Muslim world to dust?

[Coop]

They cite the re-entry of Al Qaida-sponsored groups such as Ansar Islam and Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, both of whom were active in Iraq before the U.S.-led war in March.

I'd take this article with a grain of salt. Not that I'm doubting there are terrorists (including evil AQ cowards) in Iraq. But Zarqawi is not an Al Qaeda group, but an AQ terrorist. I'm not so sure how thoroughly this author and editor(s) reviewed this article.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

I believe Victor Davis Hanson (it could be someone else, though) made this very point.
Go for what's easy. Better they're aiming at a well-armed soldier than aiming at civilians. Bush has, effectively, taken the fight to them.
Bring 'em on.

[Shermy]

AQ is a shadow army of Saudi and Iran. The jihadis believe in the cause, the financiers direct their attacks to support their piratical oil war. Suppressing competitive oil production in Iraq increases OPEC profits for a minimal expense. Currently it's working better than the Iraqi sanctions regime of oil restrictions. And a whole lot better than telling Arafat to increase a bombing campaign in Israel which has profitable, but very short term effects in scaring up world oil prices.

The attack on the UN may be a miscalculation, or the impertinence of the true-believeing jihadis. Also, being a car bombing, I think it must be considered in light of the bombing of the Jordanian embassy a week or two ago.

[FairOpinion]

How can this be?

Didn't the Democrats tell us that there is absolutely no connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda and that going into Iraq detracts from our War on Terror?

Could the Democrats possibly have been wrong or even lying?

[eyespysomething]

ha ha ha

That's what I was thinking. Better over there, against our awesome military guys, than over here, against a bunch of whiny libruls who would beg to be allowed to join AQ.