American troops are enduring the deadliest period since the start of the war. And while they continue to fight courageously and sometimes die, they are fighting and dying in the wrong war. This is the height of absurdity.

One of the things I remember from my time in the service many years ago was the ubiquitous presence of large posters with the phrase, in big block letters: Know Your Enemy. This is a bit of military wisdom that seems to have escaped President Bush. The United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, by Al Qaeda, not Iraq.

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