Responding to President Bush’s assertion that “Al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq,” Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA), in an interview with MSNBC, noted that given the international nature of terrorism, “[If I were Al Qaeda]…I would be moving towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. So when the president tries to look at Iraq separate from the region, he is not being honest about the difficulties that we face. And the only way we will be able to resolve this is with strong diplomacy.”

Indeed, terrorism is now on the rise in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, total violence increased by 27 percent from a year ago; the number of roadside bombs increased by 425 percent between 2004 and 2007 and suicide bombings soared from “three in 2004 to more than 130 in 2007.” Similarly, Pakistan is experiencing “growing insecurity in Pakistan’s tribal areas.”

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