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with Saudi Arabia. This must be the reason that despite the fact that most of the hijackers were Saudis, the USA has not really pressured Saudi Arabia to cut off all funding for terrorist organizations and make significant financial contributions to the war on terror.

Another failure for President Bush is his inability to capture Osama Bin Laden. Rather than finish the job in Afghanistan, he decided to switch focus and turn to Iraq, a country which was not behind the terrorist attacks of September 11.

In all likelihood, President Bush targeted Saddam Hussein for personal reasons: he was a dictator who had tried to assassinate his father. He also wanted to gain access to Iraq's large oil reserves, establish democracy in the Middle East with governments friendly to the USA, and please former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon who wanted an end to Saddam Hussein's support of Palestinian terrorists. Reality, however, is that the war in Iraq has become a breeding ground for terrorists.

The war on terror should have been conducted in a much more covert, sophisticated way. It was absolutely unnecessary to sacrifice so many lives. The president of the United States owes it to his people and to his country to turn aside desires for personal revenge so that he may do what is ultimately best for the country. Sadly, though, President Bush clearly has not done so.

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