Posted on 02/23/2012 12:12:34 PM PST by WPaCon
The Bush administration waged what it called a Global War on Terrorism. Yet against Iran, the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, no serious actions were ever taken. President Obama is waging what he calls a war against al-Qaeda and its affiliates. Yet he and his advisers are reluctant to articulate what has become indisputable: Iran and al-Qaeda are affiliated.
Senior Obama officials have come closer to calling a spade a spade: Last week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper described the relationship between Iran and al-Qaeda as a longstanding . . . marriage. But you had to listen carefully to hear him say that.
Iran has harbored al-Qaeda leaders, facilitators, Clapper told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. They have been under house-arrest conditions. [Irans rulers] have had this sort of standoff arrangement with al-Qaeda, allowing [al-Qaeda] to exist [inside Iran], but not to foment any operations directly from Iran, because theyre very sensitive about, Hey, we might come after them there as well. . . . So there has been this longstanding, as I say, kind of, shotgun marriage, or marriage of convenience. I think, probably, the Iranians may think that they might use, perhaps, al-Qaeda in the future as a surrogate or proxy.
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