A young Saudi Arabian once had a dream to change the rest of the world with the determination of a few people.

In refugee camps, he and his followers preached to young orphans about an upcoming invasion from the West, out to destroy Islam.

They spoke of the great danger of Western colonization and said they must stand up and fight to protect the Muslim values and ways of life.

Their goals were to terrorize the people in the West, disintegrate international unity and eventually take over the Western world under Islamic controls.

If that Saudi Arabian is still alive today (unfortunately, the U.S. intelligence seems to think he is), he may be enjoying the best time of his life.

With our crosshairs focused on Saddam Hussein, the name Osama bin Laden may be temporarily out of our daily conversations.

Consequently, in the ways we carry out the war on Iraq, we may be helping Osama bin Laden to materialize his dreams.

Our war on Iraq has made him not only an Islamic hero, but a prophet to the Arabian community, who view the United State's preemptive war against Iraq as the beginning of that Western invasion he's been preaching about all along.

Our tough stand on the war has inevitably ripped apart the United Nations, helping to disintegrate the international community-just as Bin Laden wanted.

Instead of frightening our potential enemies into cooperation, name calling from the president has pressed other dictators, such as those in North Korea, Iran and Serbia, to rush for nuclear weapons.

It seems that Hussein's falling regime may have taught other dictators a very different lesson-nuclear weapons are the best shield to protect their survival, and secretly selling weapons to terrorists may be the most efficient way to get the necessary funding.

There may be many good reasons to go into Iraq. But as we rush to sacrifice our enlisted men and women to bring down Saddam Hussein, let's not forget the most important reason for us in fighting this war.

When it comes down to it, it's not for the oil; it's not because Hussein failed every inspection (something that we have ignored for 12 years). It is not even about the liberation of the Iraqi people.

No, we went to war because we wanted to stop terrorism. We are tired of living in fear and making our decisions based on the colors of the national threat levels.

It may be difficult for us to swallow the gruesome pictures of the reality of war now. But in the end, we may have to choke down the bigger picture of a far more depressing reality-the empowerment of Osama bin Laden as the result of this war.

Ironically, Operation Iraqi Freedom may be accurate in the sense that it can do little more than just liberate Iraq. As we inch closer to a total victory, we may have to keep in mind that President Bush may not be the only one chilling his champagne.