The Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse, says the classified National Intelligence Estimate. Please, don’t anyone ask the President about it; that would be impolite.

Invasion of Iraq Metastitized Terrorism

… a consensus view of the 16 disparate spy services inside government. Titled “Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States,’’ it asserts that Islamic radicalism, rather than being in retreat, has metastasized and spread across the globe.