This is seen by AQ and the Arab world as a retreat on the war on terror, because AQ and the Arab world, at least, recognize that the 2 are one and the same. They are not so much caught up in the proof standard on which the left in this country and in our allied coutries are insisting. This is also evidence to AQ and the world that the coalition is a bunch of pussies that will retreat at the first site of blood, and for that reason is extremely emboldening. It is also evidience that AQ can isolate the US rather than vice versa.
