Confirming what we already knew, again

Add this to the ever growing list of evidence, confirming the fallacy of George W Bush's miserable Iraq policy.

"A 30-page National Intelligence Estimate completed in April cites the "centrality" of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the insurgency that has followed, as the leading inspiration for new Islamic extremist networks and cells that are united by little more than an anti-Western agenda. It concludes that, rather than contributing to eventual victory in the global counterterrorism struggle, the situation in Iraq has worsened the U.S. position, according to officials familiar with the classified document."

Of course, the question clearly remains on what to do to clean up this mess, and I think the answer is clear, but the bottom line remains: We must hold the Bush Administration accountable for this miserable failure, and ensure that extreme ideological movements like the neo-conservative movement are permanently discredited. The benefit of this is obvious: We help to minimize the terror threat at home and abroad by intelligently engaging in a strategy to reduce the threat, rather than engaging in straw-man politics that serve only the interests of those in power and do nothing to help reduce the threats we face globally.