You can get away with some shit

But you cannot get away with bullshit forever.

The "we got to fight 'em over there, so we don't fight 'em over here" is the worst quote devised by this Administration.

But apparently, it is about all they have:

Bush yesterday:

"My attitude is we ought to defeat them there so we don't have to face them here"

And then Tony Snow lurking on FoxNoise:

To walk out of Iraq right now would plant a seed that ultimately would lead to destabilization there...And sooner or later it would come to our shores, to a shopping mall near you.

...just stay away from the Orange Julius motherfuckers!

So we need to fight 'em over there so they don't come over here.

But the obvious problem is ... you are simultaneously proclaiming we have to be TEH SCARED because they are over here:

Al Qaeda is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment, The Associated Press has learned.

The draft National Intelligence Estimate is expected to paint an increasingly worrisome portrait of al Qaeda's ability to use its base along the Pakistan-Afghan border to launch and inspire attacks, even as Bush administration officials say the U.S. is safer nearly six years into the war on terror.

Among the key findings of the classified estimate, which is still in draft form and must be approved by all 16 U.S. spy agencies:

* Al Qaeda is probably still pursuing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and would use them if its operatives developed sufficient capability.

* The terror group has been able to restore three of the four key tools it would need to launch an attack on U.S. soil: a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal areas, operational lieutenants and senior leaders. It could not immediately be learned what the missing fourth element is.

* The group will bolster its efforts to position operatives inside U.S. borders. In public statements, U.S. officials have expressed concern about the ease with which people can enter the United States through Europe because of a program that allows most Europeans to enter without visas.

The document also discusses increasing concern about individuals already inside the United States who are adopting an extremist brand of Islam.

Aside from the fact that the thought of goin' after domestic muslims makes Michelle Malkin leap...er, hop?...okay, sort of lurch vertically..with joy, this is the complete and utter refutation of this tired, overused, overexploited, overwrought, and overindulgent line.

Rather, our fightin' 'em there, means we are far more likely to fight them here, once again reality the opposite of White House spin.