Flash. Bin Laden is dead. Obama never said that "All Qaeda is done." - prove it.
I have in my right-wing email inbox hundreds of emails with "proof" that his death was staged by Obama, it was a hoax, and all manner of idiotic notions. Well, he's dead.
Al-Qaeda has taken a lot of huge hits, a lot of them by the drones that you guys hate. They are really diminished, and Obama has made it a priority, a goal, and a reality.
One would think you guys are a bunch of Muslim-loving peaceniks.
We are opposed to drone attacks that kill innocent people especially women and children including 16 year old American citizens. We are opposed to bo stating he has the right to use them against American citizens without due process of law and to use them on American soil..
bo has not said "done", but has repeatedly stated al Qaeda is decimated which they clearly are not.
SEPT 18, 2012 Obama said "We’ve got choices about war and peace,” Obama said. “I ended the war in Iraq, as I promised. We are transitioning out of Afghanistan. We have gone after the terrorists who actually attacked us 9/11 and decimated al Qaeda.”
Dayton, Ohio, Obama said, “That’s why, working with Joe Biden and our national security team, we’ve been able to decimate al Qaeda.”
At a fundraising event Oct. 9 in San Francisco, Obama said, “and today, al Qaeda is on its heels*"
By Oct. 24, he returned to the dominant “path to defeat” theme, before going back to “decimated” the next day in Cleveland, where the president said, “I said we’d refocus on the terrorists who actually carried out the 9/11 attacks – and al Qaeda is decimated and Osama bin Laden is dead.”
Obama returned to Las Vegas to again say “al Qaeda is on the path to defeat.” He said the same thing Oct. 25 in Richmond, Va., again that day in Tampa and on Oct. 27 in Nashua, N.H
on Nov. 1 in Green Bay, Wis., Obama said, “Thanks to sacrifice and service of our brave men and women in uniform, the war in Iraq is over, the war in Afghanistan is winding down, al Qaeda has been decimated."
http://m.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-touts-al-qaeda-s-demise-32-times-benghazi-attack-0
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has stated.....
"Even as al Qaeda's leadership in Pakistan struggles to remain relevant, the terrorist threat we face has become more diverse," Olsen said. "Al Qaeda has turned to other groups to carry out attacks and to advance its ideology. These groups are based in an array of countries, including Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria and in Iraq."
Of particular concern is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which operates in Yemen.
Al Qaeda is seeking to take advantage of the unrest in some areas, seeking to establish safe havens and recruit extremists where security is diminished," Olsen said.
Of particular concern are large swaths of Libya and Mali where extremists, some associated with al Qaeda, have found refuge.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which operates in northern Africa, is one of the group seen to be taking advantage of the situation.
Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, recently retired as Defense Intelligence Agency director, told Congress that "AQIM acquired weapons from Libya this year, kidnapped Westerners and continues its support to Nigerian based Boko Haram." Boko Haram is an insurgent group in Nigeria with a goal of creating an Islamic state in the northern part of the country.
The unrest in Syria has provided an opportunity for al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) which according to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has extended its reach into the war-torn nation. Although AQI's presense in Syria is considered small, intelligence officials worry it will grow as the chaos continues.
Clapper said that while al Qaeda core's in Pakistan will remain mostly a symbolic importance to the global jihadist movement, the regional affiliates "will drive the global jihad agenda."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/22/politics/fact-check-al-qaeda/index.html?c=&page=2
We will NOT go quitely into the night!
