National Intelligence Estimate: Iraq invasion increased terror threat

The New York Times has yet another scoop--reporting that leaked excerpts of the National Intelligence Estimates (NIE) confirm what most Americans hae known instinctually for the past three years. That is, the Iraq war, Bush's war of choice, has not made Americans safer by fighting terrorists "over there" so as not to have to fight them "over here". In fact, the effect has been exactly the opposite. By creating even more terrorists and fomenting hatred of the US among previously moderate Muslims in the Middle East, the war has put Americans at an even greater risk.

Be sure to check out this brief Daily Kos story by Dem From CT for a link to a draft of the NIE's "key Judgements" (in .pdf format).