Report Proves War in Iraq Is Misguided « Thread Started on Jul 20, 2007, 8:02pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Report Proves War in Iraq Is Misguided read at source> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/us/po ... nPublished: July 19, 2007The leading Democratic presidential candidates yesterday seized on a newly released intelligence report that found the United States was losing ground on several fronts in the fight against Al Qaeda, saying it bolstered their arguments that the war in Iraq had been a costly distraction from broader efforts to keep the nation safe.Skip to next paragraph BlogThe CaucusThe latest political news from around the nation. Join the discussion.Candidate Topic PagesMore Politics NewsThe leading Republican candidates for president offered far more muted responses when asked about the report.The report, a declassified summary of the central findings of the July 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism, found that Al Qaeda had “protected or regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability.”Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, who has opposed the war in Iraq from the start, said the report showed that the nation’s antiterrorism priorities were wrong.