americanfootprints.com - 4/20/2009
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President Barack Obama insists that the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is about "making sure that al Qaeda cannot attack the U.S. homeland and U.S. interests and our allies" or "project violence against" American citizens. The reasoning is that if the Taliban win in Afghanistan, al Qaeda will once ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 4/28/2009
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Just out from the White House on the
flyover ... Statement from Louis Caldera, Director White House...
Military Office, on Air Force One flight over New York "Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. ...
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Al Qaeda and the Taliban: Natural Allies?
PoliGazette —
... the same siege situation it presently enjoys in what Obama calls its “safe haven” in Pakistan.
The very notion that al Qaeda needs a secure geographic base to carry out its terrorist operations, moreover, is questionable. After all, the operational base for 9/11 was in Hamburg, Germany. Conspiracies involving small numbers of people require communication, money, and planning — but not a major protected base camp.
Eric Martin responds at American Footprints:
In addition to ...
Rumors Of Pakistan's Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Newshoggers.com —
... and 84% say there's no Taliban problem in their area. The Taliban are simply a thorny problem that can be contained by counter-terrorism and law enforcement, rather than massively lengthy and expensive COIN surges. ...
Rumors Of Pakistan's Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Crooks and Liars —
... and 84% say there's no Taliban problem in their area. The Taliban are simply a thorny problem that can be contained by counter-terrorism and law enforcement, rather than massively lengthy and expensive COIN surges. Crossposted from Newshoggers, by request.
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