He certainly has blinders there...
From AJ:
We are pushing the entire lot of al Qaeda eastward. Which is interesting since it seems maybe that is were they came from - via Iran. One interesting article I ran across outlines how al Qaeda might be moving its operations to Iraq because of a falling out with the Taliban:
Some observers of al Qaeda believe the global terrorist organization is on the move, transferring its operations, including its headquarters, from the Afghan-Pakistan border area to Iraq after a falling out with the Taliban.
Indications of this came with the CIA’s announcement at the end of March that it had in its custody Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi, a top al-Qaeda operative, since late last year. Al-Iraqi was captured after he had moved out of Pakistan’s rugged and nearly inaccessible Waziristan tribal area and was apparently making his way to Iraq.
According to Pakistani writer Syed Saleem Shahzad, the falling out between the Taliban and al-Qaeda occurred over a deal the former made with the Pakistani government. In the accord, Pakistan will allow the Taliban unhindered use of its territory to funnel men and supplies into the conflict in Afghanistan. What Pakistan receives in turn is a presence again in Afghanistan via the Taliban against the India-friendly Kabul government as well as a disruption of relations between the Taliban and the anti-Islamabad al-Qaeda.
Read the whole thing and take it with a HUGE grain of salt. I doubt seriously the claims that Pakistan is sending material into Afghanistan. But I would not be surprised that the general tone of the story is true. I would not be surprised if the agreement Pakistan made with the Waziristan tribes to allow them to exist peacefully if they purged the foreign fighters (al Qaeda) from their lands is why al Qaeda is now “all in” in Iraq. We saw weeks of fighting foreign terrorists in Pakistan. So maybe we are pushing al Qaeda back to where they came - via Iran. If we push al Qaeda back into Iran then we will have cordoned off the terrorists.
The act is beginning. The US and Iraqis are beginning their initial sweeps and rolling up terrorist cells and facilities. There are new stories everyday. They may still be nibbling at the edges. But al Qaeda is being herded eastward, and possibly into a box where we can pick them off more easily.
This is just an exerpt. The rest is here: http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/3861