Withdrawal from Iraq, or the Greater Mistake

Seattle Times says it all so perfectly.

The president suggested that getting out of Iraq would weaken the United States. On the contrary: America is weakened by the casualties, the debt and the political strife. That we have trouble recruiting soldiers — and allies — is evidence that war is what weakens us.
Nonetheless, war would be necessary if there were an enemy called "Terror" that attacked us. But terror is a tactic, not an enemy, and is employed by different people for different aims.
Al-Qaida attacked us almost four years ago. Iraq did not.

Nothing else has to be said.