.....And I can't believe that the new al-Qaida tape (assuming it's genuine) urging the Iraqi people to stand up against the American might is being used as proof of a link between Iraq and al-Qaida!
What some people have been trying to say for some time is that actions with shades of agression, imperialism, militance, hypocricy and self-righteousness (probably spelt wrong) will simply cause further resentment (and therefore terrorism), which is what we are seeing the threat of now.
Not that this excuses any such actions in any way whatsoever.
Anyway, this is getting a bit political, I'll stop now.