Step by step...

The LA Times offers a rundown of expert opinion on the outcome of Bushco's decision to divert attention from the international Islamo-fascist terror movement represented by Al Qaida in favor of adventurism in Iraq. Bottom line?

"Any assessment that the global terror movement has been rolled back or that even one component, Al Qaeda, is on the run is optimistic and most certainly incorrect," said M.J. Gohel, head of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, a London think tank. "Bin Laden's doctrines are now playing themselves out all over the world..."

Whatever else has come out of this crazy mixmaster admninistration, there's been one clear message. The willingness to quickly take Bin Laden out of the bulls-eye means you can hit the US with relative impunity.

It's a rough world out there. I'm not someone who believes that we can ever really be "safe." I'm fairly certain, though, that we can be relatively safer, and that the first step in that direction has to be the removal of an administration populated by liars and fools which has made us less safe.

Should-Be Speaker Pelosi puts it perfectly.

"We would be much safer today if President Bush had kept his focus on al-Qaida, rather than diverting crucial resources from the war on terror in Afghanistan to a war of choice in Iraq."

If President Kerry is step one, Speaker Pelosi is the critical followup, and you can play a critical role in that by going here and doing what needs be done.