Grabbed this elegant gem from Powerline, without which no day is complete:

Ayman al-Zawahiri, from his online chat a few days ago (scroll down for post):

As-Sahab: And what is the most important field in which this Mujahid vanguard is wrestling with the enemies of Islam? Zawahiri: Iraq is the most important of these fields.

Nancy Pelosi, from her press conference yesterday:

As we’ve said before and I’ll end by saying: How is this war in Iraq helping us fight the war on terrorism, the real war on terrorism, Afghanistan?