Iraq Is All About Al Qaeda

The Left continues to guffaw at the contention that the war in Iraq has something to do with Al Qaeda, but once again, it appears that their emotions are running ahead of the facts. As the WashTimes points out this morning:

The war in Iraq is increasingly looking more like a showdown with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda followers than a battle primarily against Saddam Hussein loyalists.

The shift is making the fight a focal point of the U.S. global war against Islamic terrorists and one that might dictate whether the U.S. wins or loses, said a senior official and an outside expert.

"If they fail in Iraq, Osama and his whole crew are finished," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney, a military author and analyst.

For a bunch of internationalists who urge us to think globally, they really don't get the global war on terror at all.

Update: The Captain reports that al-Zarqawi may be dead or seriously injured. Darker and darker clouds gather around Al Qaeda.