Bush, a few minutes ago, on Iraq:

This is different from the usual war in that if we leave this one early the enemy will follow us home. […] The Democrats don’t think Iraq is part of the War on Terror, but you don’t have to take my word for it.  Listen to Osama, listen to Zawahiri, they say it’s a central battle.

They don’t say that as “oh no!  If we lose Iraq then it’s curtains for us!” like some cartoon characters, they mean “Heh, stupid infidels bogged down fighting off angry Iraqis while we roam free…”.  Anyone that’s actually paid ATTENTION to what they’ve said knows that we did Osama a favor when we invaded Iraq.

Bush isn’t saying this out of some actual strategic concern though.   For him, Osama is a political boogeyman: he says “boo!”, & people vote Republican.  So in his eyes it’s no loss to be so far off the mark.