The debate over the leaked National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism continued on the September 27th edition of the Kirby Wilbur Show, with the host discounting the importance of the many new terrorists the Iraq war is creating. He made use of a World War II analogy to make his point:

KIRBY: Did the Nazi party grow in strength when we attacked Nazi Germany? Would that have been a reason to stop fighting Germany? Or did more Japanese volunteer to be kamikaze pilots because we bombed the Japanese mainland in World War II?

I'll help Kirby out with a more realistic analogy between the Iraq war and WWII. Here's the timeline for what would have happened if Bush was president during the 1940's:

• 11/9/1941: President Bush gets intelligence report titled "Japan determined to strike U.S.", but does nothing
• 12/7/1941: The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
• 6/4/1942: In the battle of Midway, U.S. naval forces come close to a major strategic win against the Japanese, but Secretary Rumsfeld fails to commit enough ships at the last minute, allowing the biggest enemy ships to escape
• 3/20/1943: The Bush administration decides to de-prioritize the war against Japan and instead launches a preemptive strike against China, even though China was a traditional enemy of Japan and completely unconnected to the events of 12/7. But they are both Buddist countries and the people look the same, so it seems logical at the time. Reports of fearsome new Chinese weapons are ginned up to sell the invasion to the public.
• 9/1/1943: Although a weak Chinese military led to victory in the initial battles, Rumsfeld tries out his theory of "efficient mid-20th century warfare" and refuses to commit enough troops to pacify the country. Attacks by civilians against U.S. forces grow quickly
  
• 6/1/1945: The European campaign is abandoned and plans for D-Day cancelled because all of our forces are tied up in China
• 8/6/1945: Our lack of focus on Japan has allowed them to regain strength and threaten our previous gains against them
• 2/4/1949: After taking extra-constitutional powers to stay in office, Bush is still in charge. The war in China has expanded to almost all of Asia, with previously friendly countries now openly opposing U.S. interests.
• 7/9/1953: After millions of deaths and with a now shattered economy, the U.S. is forced to withdraw from Asia. Senator McCarthy and other Republicans start up a congressional committee that attempts to blame 10 years of failure on Democrats.