Bush: Al-Qaida, Iraq connection is clear – AP (7/24/07):

Citing security details he declassified for his speech, Bush described al-Qaida’s burgeoning operation in Iraq as a direct threat to the United States. Bush accused critics in Congress of misleading the American public by suggesting otherwise.

“That’s like watching a man walk into a bank with a mask and a gun and saying, ‘He’s probably just there to cash a check,’” Bush told troops at Charleston Air Force Base.

And it’s supposedly Democrats who aren’t serious about national security. I have a non-trivial campaign contribution waiting for any candidate – Democrat, Republican or Obama – who responds to a question regarding Bush’s prosecution of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by laughing like a jackal and repeating the line: “Are you serious?” more than once.