The reason why United States is waging a war in Iraq has altered from overthrowing Saddam Hussein to tackling Al-Qaeda and now what the Bush administration terms as the ‘Iranian threat’.  US President George Bush has said recently that Iraq happens to be the meeting point for two of the biggest threats America is facing today – Al Qaeda and Iran. Bush revamped his charges when he said that the Islamic republic is supporting Iraqi militias antagonistic to the US forces and secretly seeking nuclear weapons.

 

President Bush said that if the US wins in Iraq after all that Al-Qaeda and Iran have done there, it would turn out to be a great setback for the international terrorist movement and for Iran too. As per George W Bush, the death of Saddam Hussein and a weak Al Qaeda now has resulted in the cropping up of the Iranian-financed extremists. Due to this, it is vital for keeping US troop in Iraq. Nevertheless exactly what measures the US will adhere to tackle this "threat" stays implicit. It will depend mainly on Bush's decisions during his remaining nine-month stint in the White House.