But that argument steps around the implicit question raised by the intelligence finding : whether postponing the confrontation with Saddam Hussein and focusing instead on securing Afghanistan , or dealing with issues like Iran 's nascent nuclear capability or the Middle East peace process , might have created a different playing field , one in which jihadists were deprived of daily images of carnage in Iraq to rally their sympathizers .
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