This is my first diary post, so please bear with me.
On NBC nightly news exclusive the other night, there was a report on whom they believe is behind the escalation of the violence in Iraq. The report claimed that the heir apparent to Saddam Hussein, Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri, the `King of Clubs' (I thought Udai or Qusai were supposed to be the heirs, but what do I know?) have made an alliance with `foreign terrorist networks'. My response was "WTF?"
How could our intelligence let this happen? How can an enemy in a country we `control' make a deal with a `foreign' anything? Well, it just goes to show how bad things are. The `intelligence' in this case has been primarily concerned with tracking down WMD which do not exist. In fact, it seems that the entire anti-terror infrastructure has been on this wild goose-chase (meaning bin Laden has slipped through our fingers).
So, while we are building schools and claiming `Mission Accomplished' our enemy is becoming more organized, sophisticated and deadly.