How important is success in Iraq?

Osama is offering bounties on Paul Bremer. Bremer must be doing better than our media are letting on. Osama may be alive or dead, but he's definitely a brand among Ara

It also strikes me that he's not as free with his gold as he was prior to our activities in Afghanistan. His interest in what's happening in Iraq suggests that it is vital that we succeed there. It certainly is a distraction to the terrorists, and that helps us.