Jonathan Alter describes an Alternative September 11th History- what might have happened if we had focused a unified battle against the terrorists who hit us instead of an fixating on Iraq, which as Bush confirms had nothing to do with 9/11. 

Meanwhile the Washington Post reports that in March 2001, most special operations troops and their CIA counterparts were pulled off of the hunt for Bin Laden to prepare for war in Iraq. 

It’s hard to win the war when you don’t pick the right battles.