RE: I thought we were told that Al Qaeda was “on the run”
Yes they are. They’re running INTO Iraq.
This is what happens when we lack resolve or purpose or leaders but I want you to note carefully who this is not.. This is not Iran. This is not Shia. This is Sunni. 9/11 was Sunni. Nidal Hassan ( the terrorist at Ft Hood) was Sunni,The AlQaeda is Sunni.The Taliban is Sunni.The Muslim Brotherhood in Sunni. We as a nation are busy watching “American idle” and being lead woefully ignorant by our Government about who the real enemy is. Until we know the enemy,it is hard to know who to kill. The policy of our government is stereo type. “They all look the same”. It is dark age analyses. Do you know, for example, who does all suicide bombing?—— you guessed it. WAKE UP.
Afghanistan is relatively unimportant next to Iraq. Afghanistan has heroin production. Iraq has oil.
If AlQ gets deeply imbedded into Iraq, they will have the capability to finance their activities through oil revenue, making them independent of the wealthy Arabs who have been funding them up until now.