The phoney war on terror

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: War on terror/Iraq just gets in the way

"Which raises a powerful question: Why is the United States pouring so much of its limited blood and its treasure into Iraq and so much less into the real war against terrorism? That's what so many Americans and people around the world are asking. Most are not unalterably opposed to the use of force. They agree with the president's assertion that duty " sometimes requires the violent restraint of violent men." They simply don't believe the war on Iraq was one of those times. And they worry that Iraq is diverting attention from the real threat..."