Hussein's ties to the London bombings

Now, I understand that the dimmer switch of the brains of a sizeable chunk of our citezenry is turned way to the left, but...

"The bombings will give both Bush and [British Prime Minister Tony] Blair a boost," said Christopher Gelpi, a political scientist at Duke University who studies public opinion in times of war. "I think the attacks may help slow the ebbing of [public] support over Iraq, because the bombings make [Bush's] point about linking Iraq and terrorism."

Bush wasted no time in citing the London attack to support his central argument for U.S. military operations in Iraq. In his weekly radio address Saturday, the president said the bombings were part of a single terrorist offensive that included the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon as well as this year's attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq.

"We are now waging a global war on terror, from the mountains of Afghanistan … to the plains of Iraq," Bush said. "We will stay on the offense, fighting the terrorists abroad so we do not have to face them at home." [emphasis mine]

First off, that last bit seems a wee bit callous given what happened in London this week.

And if someone can explain Gelpi's claim that "the bombings make his point about linking Iraq and terrorism," I'd be much obliged. The only people who are going to vault that leap of logic are those who already believed there were pre-war links to al Qaeda and Iraq. It's amazing how often the truest believers of the Bush War must have their support shored up. Now it takes the murder of some 50 innocent transit riders in London. What next?