Al Qaeda recovers, grows stronger on Bush's watch
Guess what? A new National Intelligence report came out Tuesday and said that al Qaeda has gone from an organization that was "seriously damaged" and "disrupted" to one whose capabilities are near the same level they were when they struck the US nearly six years ago.
Then Bush runs out to say that while that may be true, al Qaeda is still not as strong as it was on 9/11.
So, that's all he can say he has accomplished against the crazy bastards who attacked us .. the ones he said he would destroy?
This is why our kids died? He has had six years, and billions of dollars since 9/11 .. and we still aren’t any safer? And how many more NEW enemies do we have?
How brilliant of Bush to use America's military strength and numbers to invade Iraq, while drawing away from the far more important job of rooting out al Qaeda.
Bush is wrong, wrong, wrong when he claims that the people we are fighting in Iraq are the people who attacked New York and Virginia. "al Qaeda in Iraq" did not even exist until after we invaded Iraq.
And now we hear that al Qaeda is getting stronger in Pakistan .. their new safe haven across the border from the old hangout.
Isn't Pakistan supposed to be our ally in the war on terrorism? Haven't we given them more than $10 billion since 9/11 to kind of help us out?
Okay .. they did go after a couple of al Qaeda leaders who were holed up in their big cities .. but they also signed a written agreement that, in effect, created a sanctuary for terrorists in their northwest territory.
Bush's war in Iraq has both weakened the US and strengthened al Qaeda -- and it will continue to do so as long as we stay there grappling with a complex civil war.
This makes al Qaeda and copycat cells very happy .. see them dancing in the streets and shooting guns into the air. Their recruitment soars. What could be better for them than the Iraq War?
Bush says if we leave Iraq it might become a sanctuary for Al Qaeda.
Well Mr. Preznit, Pakistan already is.
