Iraq and London

The attack on London should be the end of one of the Bush administrations arguments for the Iraq war, "it's better to fight them there than here". But of course it isn't. John McCain was just interviewed on cable news and said it justifies US actions in Iraq. The reality is the Iraq war has inflamed the world Islamic community against the west and the CIA itself has said we have created an ideal school in Iraq for the terrorists.

Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training ground for the next generation of "professionalized" terrorists, according to a report released yesterday by the National Intelligence Council, the CIA director's think tank.

Iraq provides terrorists with "a training ground, a recruitment ground, the opportunity for enhancing technical skills," said David B. Low, the national intelligence officer for transnational threats. "There is even, under the best scenario, over time, the likelihood that some of the jihadists who are not killed there will, in a sense, go home, wherever home is, and will therefore disperse to various other countries."

It remains to be seen if the British citizens and the Americans will continue to drink this flavor of kool-aide after the London disaster.

In addition to being incorrect the argument is immoral. What is it really saying? Innocent Iraqi lives are worth less than the lives of Americans or Brits.