I work at a public university. True to stereotypes, there are many liberal faculty on campus. One of their pet cries is that the intervention in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror. The next time the topic comes up (and it will, griping about President Bush is one of their favorite hobbies), I am going to show them a copy of this article.

The reputed leader of “al-Qaeda in Iraq” said the country's security forces are as great an enemy as the Americans and brushed aside calls to abandon the insurgency…

In an audiotape found Wednesday on the web, a speaker said to be “al-Qaeda in Iraq” chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi insisted that Iraqi troops and police were as legitimate a target as the Americans. The comments appeared aimed at discouraging insurgents from entering talks with the Iraqi government…

The speaker tacitly acknowledged pressure to abandon the struggle against the Americans and their Iraqi allies, saying he was “saddened and burdened” by people “advising me not to persist in fighting in Iraq.”

Whether or not you find the evidence linking Saddam to al-Qaeda convincing, this certainly provides support that the liberation of Iraq is keeping al-Qaeda occupied in their backyard instead of our own.

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