The Spanish got it into their heads that the bombing in their country was only because they were part of the Coalition. They threw out the leadership, and got new leadership that pulled out of the war. That was supposed to be the end of it.

I was deriding that point of view, not supporting it, and obviously the U.S. pulling out of Iraq isn't going to make us any safer here, either.

Iraq is not a primary motivation for terrorists around the world. It wasn't a motivation for their first attack on the U.S. It's not a motivation for their North African groups, or those attacking nations that have never been involved in a war anywhere outside their borders.