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9-11 highlighted the importance of stopping nuclear proliferation. That is the only connection.
As far as Afghanistan goes, there is a limit to how many people our logistics system can support. There was also a limit of effective missions. I think we were at that point.
Al Qaeda was in Pakistan and we couldn't very well invade those mountain highlands could we? We had limited missions.
I think the Bush Doctrine will be used again. Not be every president. We aren't going to start invading countries willy-nilly. The country in question has to have a bad track record (17 UN resolution violations...), has to be of geopolitical importance to its region, has to be in our national interest, and has to have the capacity for democratization.
Korea was and is a larger nuclear threat than Iraq ever was yet they remain untouched. why is that?