Very true. The underlying reason for this is simple: the leftist elites desire to transform america into a socialist welfare state. This transformation will put them in control of every aspect of our society (the desire for total power to shape our nation along the lines of their "utopian" philosophy.....and the accompanying adulation and perks that they will accumulate along the way, is at the very center of the liberal psyche).
The muslims do not represent a realistic danger to this program. In fact, this war may allow the liberal elites to accumulate even more power and to degrade our constitution.
The conservatives, on the other hand, do represent a fundamental danger to this central goal of liberalism. The masses of "redneck white conservatives" could, if sufficiently unified and motivated, destroy liberalism in america (at least until a few more decades of immigration transforms america beyond the point of return).
Thus, while the liberals' desire to defeat Osama may be sincere.....defeating the much more dangerous enemy represented by the conservative white middle class is a much more urgent pursuit.