Looks like Bush trotted out this familiar canard at his U.N. speech today :

Coalition forces now serving in Iraq are confronting the terrorists and foreign fighters so peaceful nations around the world will never have to face them within our own borders.

Here’s my question : Where did Bush get the idea that fighting terrorists abroad means we won’t have to fight them at home? He can’t honestly believe this shit, can he?

Considering that we’re fighting an enemy that hijacked four airplanes simultaneously, I kinda doubt the President’s assurance that al Qaeda is incapable of attacking us on multiple fronts. The fact that it only took 19 men to pull off the 9/11 attacks means that we’re dealing with an enemy that can mount a massive attack with a small amount of men and resources. And unlike Mr. Bush, our enemies are flexible enough to adjust their plans to changing conditions, patient enough to wait until their attacks hurt the most and are least expected, and determined enough to sacrifice their lives in order to hurt us. Terrorism scares the hell out of me and this politically-motivated, Tinkerbell act isn’t helping.

I don’t know what’s worse : A President who lies to us when he insists that the worse the fighting gets in Iraq, the safer we are at home….or a President who really believes that having our troops bogged down in a foreign quagmire is the best way to protect us from terrorism.