"Our military has defended our nation from more attacks, that is a solid fact which can not be debated." HUH? Or is Dave a member of the Bush Administration, the people who make up their own reality? Terrorist, by definition, are not people who engage with regular armies; they strike the enemy at the homefront. The notion that terrorists engaged in Iraq -- which, ut should be repeated YET AGIBN, had nothing to do with 9/11 -- rather in the United States is, charitably, a leap of faith. But here is is "a solid fact which cannot be debated": Al Queda has no presence in Iraq under Saddam, its sworn enemy; after the U.S. invasion, they now have a base there. There is protecting the country from terrorism?