I want someone to ask President Bush this question:

Mr. President, if we maintain our forces in Iraq, is Iraq the only place terrorists will attack us?

I know the answer to my question is "No - al Qaida, or many other terrorist organizations, will seek to attack the United States and its interests world wide."

The Scary Answer

The truly scary answer from President Bush would be "Yes."  This is the answer he implies when he argue that if we leave Iraq, the terrorists will "follow us home."  If he really believes that, in fact, he must answer "Yes".

But if he believes that staying in Iraq makes that the only place we'll be attacked, he is by definition malfeasant.  There is no need to protect anything else as long as the only place we'll be attacked is there.

POTUS BOGUS

Of course, the fact is that Mr. Bush seems to know that we need at least some protections for places other than Iraq.

That means he must know his argument is bogus.  It means he knows that the US presence in Iraq is immaterial to whether terrorists will try to attack us here.