I mean after all, Saddam's officers are leaders of ISIS. ISIS was spawned by Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda was created by Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden ordered the attacks on 9/11.
I don’t think Liz necessarily speaks for the WaPo.
The truth of what she reported though, speaks for itself.
Everything in the Islamic world is connected. Even the passivity of “moderate” Muslims.
If you are saying that the current situation means that Bush was right to go after Saddam after 9/11 rather than really cleaning up and finishing up in Afghanistan, then I think you are wrong. I think you are confusing correlation with causation. If Saddam’s officers had not been thrown out of their comfort zone, and we had effectively fought Osama bin Laden and weakened Al-Qaeda, then ISIS probably would not have happened.