Distraction?

It is often said by the likes of Kerry that Iraq is a "distraction" from the War on Terror.

I would just point out that after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the first thing we did was to invade North Africa -- half a world away from Japan!

And it was not even to attack the Germans, but the French!!!

I think people tend to forget that.

And that it made sense in the context of a global campaign.