Bush on Iraq: A Brief, Somewhat Relevant Rebuttal

The Times says:

Mr. Bush said that "to leave Iraq now would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the attacks of September the 11th, 2001."

This, this, and this all suggest that to go to war in Iraq (again) in the first place "would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the attacks of September the 11th, 2001."

Bush has backed the U.S. into a must-win situation in Iraq, so Cindy Sheehan's demands of complete and immediate withdrawals are probably still premature. But to claim that the war in Iraq helped prevent terrorism is to ignore historical fact, not to mention current events.