You know, in this war on terror, I keep hearing something about the war in Afghanistan versus the war in Iraq.  People on the left go on and on about how Afghanistan was a just invasion because we were fighting directly those who had attacked us on 9/11/01 but that the invasion of Iraq was unrelated to 9/11 and therefore wrong.

Let's get something straight: Iraq had nothing to do with the attacks of 9/11/01.  Iraq had very, very little to do with al Qaeda.  But Iraq was a major supporter of terrorists in Palestine.  And they did turn a blind eye to pretty much anything that could possibly hurt the US, Israel, or Iran (remember, Iran, as a nation, hates al Qaeda--it's their leadership that supports it).  More importantly is the overall screw up that is the region. 

*I'll expand on this later...