Al Qaeda is vastly stronger in Iraq than before the war
Before Cheney's Iraq war: The 9-11 commission reported that it found no "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and al Qaeda.
January 22, 2007: Now the US is fighting the Omar Brigade of Al Qaeda in downtown Baghdad, not to mention the mayhem in Anbar province. In short there is now a vast "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
Iran and Hezbollah are far more dangerous than before
Before Cheney's Iraq war: Mohammad Khatami was President of Iran (1997—2005). Iran's first reformist president, he won power largely due to the female and youth vote. His reforms were mainly blocked by the more conservative "Supreme Leader." Ayatollah Khamenei.
January 22, 2007: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is President. He is extremely anti-Israel, actively backs Hezbollah, and is internally repressive. He and Hezbollah's leader are now the
most popular
people in the Islamic world. Even the Supreme Leader considers him dangerous.
He is now losing Afghanistan
Before Cheney's Iraq war: We had won in Afghanistan.
January, 2007: Now Western forces need more money and troops for a year-long push to defeat the Taliban, says the British head of NATO forces in Afghanistan, as the Taliban open schools in the South.
