Iraq & al Qaeda...

The Democrat party would have you believe that the war in Iraq was, and continues to be, a diversion in the war on terror.

However, Al Jazeera says:

• Iraq's al-Qaida has denied US accusations that an upsurge in car bomb attacks in Iraq was ordered at a meeting of the group in Syria, according to an Internet statement.
  
  "The enemies of God are floundering after the increase in attacks against them," the group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said. "Is there no longer any room on Earth so that the mujahidin (holy fighters) have to meet in Syria?"

Now, if al Qaeda is in fact in Iraq, led by Zarqawi, doesn't that validate the Bush doctrine which states that we will confront our enemies abroad rather than at home?

If Zarqawi and bin Laden are part of the same terror network, how can they continue to claim fighting in Iraq is a diversion, IF they claim to support the war on terror?