Cheney's hornet's nest

Dick Cheney, at it again:

"Some have suggested by liberating Iraq from Saddam Hussein we simply stirred up a hornet's nest. They overlook a fundamental fact: We were not in Iraq in September 2001 and the terrorists hit us anyway."

That's not what they suggest, first off. They suggest that our presence in the region has caused more terrorists then there were before we got there. Our own CIA tells us as much.

But, to talk in Cheney's language, just because the hornet's nest wasn't stirred doesn't mean the hornets did not exist nor does it mean that they were unable to sting. But stirring up the nest brings out more attackers to do more damage. And while they have yet to hit the mainland again, they are still killing Americans. I'm reasonably sure they do not care if they wear a uniform or not.