The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.

Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and working internationally to cut off the flow of funds to al Qaeda. They are having a difficult time. They failed in this endeavor.

It's a hard case to make that the United States and others should be investing resources into a country that is squandering its own resources.

If we look at what the United States did in Iraq in the last three years, there are a lot of positive things and a lot of negative things. What the United States must do is to really understand Iraq in a different way.

It would see to me the downstream assets of Texaco in the United States are the major issue here. Generally speaking, the upstream generation and production company doesn't have any FTC concern.

Al Qaeda will always focus on us, the United States. And they will take advantage of any situation.