Iraq metastasizes into Algeria and Al Qaeda expands its influence

The NYTimes had a recent major article outlining the spread of terrorists "trained" in Iraq spreading to other countries in the region representing a very real terror threat in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.

The WaPo adds to that geography today with an article on an Al Qaeda-Iraq nexus settling in Algeria.

The "fight them there so we won't have to fight them here" argument was never more than empty rhetoric designed to block opposition by implying that those who stood against the Iraq war were willingly inviting Al Qaeda attacks against Americans.

Meanwhile, Al Qaeda was using Iraq as a training ground.

Also today, the highest profile American in Al Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, appeared in a tape threatening attacks.

(But, we're fighting in Iraq so they can't "attack us here," right?)