It’s no longer “news” when President Bush links Iraq and 9/11, but his latest email (PDF) to the RNC list contains a particularly egregious example of the ways in which he seamlessly blends the two:

After the enemy attacked us, I vowed I would rally this nation and use our resources to protect you. And that is exactly what we have done. We have reformed our intelligence services to make sure we can find the enemy before they strike. We have fought to deny them safe haven in Afghanistan and Iraq so they cannot plan and plot again.

The fight for freedom in Iraq is the fight for the security of the United States of America and we must prevail. If we leave before the job is done, the enemy that attacked us would be emboldened.

For much more on the administration’s use of this tactic, see All the President’s Spin.