Highlights from Ted Kennedy's Recent Speech at GW University

I came across Ted Kennedy speaking at George Washington University the other day and was compelled by his speech to find the transcript for it online and repost it here along with his 13 Failings of the Bush Presidency. Here is the full Speech Transcript.
Let's count the ways that George Bush's war has not made America safer. For the sake of space, I've chopped them down quite a bit and its still a good sized post. All of these points are filled out more completely in the full transcript. I don't pretend to know all of the angles but much of what he has said resonates with me and I think it should resonate with all Americans everywhere.

1: Iraq has been a constant perilous distraction from the real war on terrorism.
2: The mismanagement of the war in Iraq has created a fertile and very dangerous new breeding ground for terrorists in Iraq and a powerful magnet for Al Qaeda that did not exist before the war.
3: Saddam Hussein may be behind bars, and that's a significant plus for America and the world, as President Bush says. But the war in Iraq has clearly distracted us from putting Osama bin Laden behind bars-- and that's a huge minus.
4: Because of the war, the danger of terrorist attacks against America itself has become far greater.
5: and most ominously: The Bush Administration's focus on Iraq has left us needlessly more vulnerable to an Al Qaeda attack with a nuclear weapon.
6: The war in Iraqhas provided a powerful new worldwide recruiting tool for Al Qaeda.
7: Because of the war, Afghanistan itself is still unstable. Taliban and Al Qaeda elements roam the country.
8: We've alienated long-time friends and leaders in other nations, whom we heavily depend on for intelligence, for border enforcement, for shutting off funds to Al Qaeda, and for many other types of support in the ongoing war against international terrorism.
9: Our overall military forces are stretched to the breaking point because of the war in Iraq.
10: The war in Iraq has undermined the basic rule of international law that protects captured American soldiers.
11: While President Bush has been pre-occupied with Iraq, not just one, but two, serious nuclear threats have been rising-from North Korea, and Iran.
12: While we focused on the non-existent nuclear threat from Saddam, we have not done enough to safeguard the vast amounts of unsecured nuclear material in the world.
13: The neglect of the Bush Administration on all aspects of homeland security because of the war is frightening. We're pouring nearly five billion dollars a month into Iraq - yet we're grossly short-changing the urgent need both to strengthen our ability to prevent terrorist attacks here at home, and to strengthen our preparedness to respond to them if they occur.