According to top intelligence officials, al-Qaida has regroupedin the border area of Pakistan and is now at the same level of operational strength it was prior to the Sept. 11 attacks. Maybe that’s why Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff referred this week to a "gut feeling" that al-Qaida was poised to strike again.
President Bush said at a news conference today that al-Qaida has been hurt by his war on terrorism and is "weaker today than they would have been" otherwise. But Bush’s anti-terrorism strategy has bogged U.S. forces down in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowing Osama bin Laden and those who attacked us on Sept. 11 a safe haven from which to plan and launch new attacks.
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Thank you Randy – that’s just what we have been saying all along – It’s not at all that we are against war in general, in fact MANY feel that afghanistan is where our troops belong. It’s that we feel the war in Iraw is a mistake, we should never have gone there, and now look what it has gotten us – Yeah right, Bush, the war on terror is working – in your dreams maybe… how would you know how strong Al Queda is now anyways, since you don’t worry about Bin Laden (the leader) and don’t think about him anymore?
Al Qaeda has shown themselves to be the limp organ of the Muslim persuasion. The fact they are hiding in the mountains of Pakistan demonstrates their impotence to influence outside of a 100 mile range.
Only the copy cat Al Qaeda groups are making headway in other countries and even they are showing gross incompetence that even a common criminal would be ashamed to be associated with.
Randy Scholfield needs a new scope on his journalistic rifle – his is obscured with myopic opinion.
“the war in Iraw ”
Typo, but it fits doens’t it? Who isn’t just RAW over the whole mess?
How long has it been since Bin Laden made any videos? I have to wonder if the story about him dying isn’t true. He has been strangely quiet for some time now.
Even if he is dead, that may not have much impact on the danger of Al Qaeda.
“Al Qaeda has shown themselves to be the limp organ of the Muslim persuasion. The fact they are hiding in the mountains of Pakistan demonstrates their impotence to influence outside of a 100 mile range.”Tell that to those killed in the 9/11 Trade Center attacks.
“Al Qaeda has shown themselves to be the limp organ of the Muslim persuasion. The fact they are hiding in the mountains of Pakistan demonstrates their impotence to influence outside of a 100 mile range.”Posted by Khahn or whomever.
Al Quidas as well as the Talibans plan was to hide out in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan for five years after the invasion of Afghanistan by the US. They were then going to reinsert themselves back into the frey, and attempt to drive the US out of Afghanistan, as well as restart the terrorism campaign throughout the world.
Guess what? The five years are up, and they are starting to do what they indicated they would do five years ago. The threat is real, and could have been brought under control if it wasn’t for the failed policies of this administration.
I’m sorry, I’m supposed to trust Republicans on national defense… WHY, exactly?
Sol,
you are right, it WAS a typo. And ironically true typo. I just get so tired of people like KHAHN or whatever the hell it is that he is calling himself now (i’ve lost track, how many nicknames has it been?) claiming that anyone who does not support the Iraq war doesn’t support this country, the soldier, etc so on and so forth. It is far from the truth, and the sad reality is that had we concentrated on the so-called war on terror (although I still also dispute how successful a war on a base ideal can be… shouldn’t it be the war on terrorists?) then we wouldn’t be facing an Al-Queda with the strength it had prior to 9/11… likely we wouldn’t be facing an Al-queda with significant strength at all – and let’s get real, who is the REAL threat to the US? Who has ACTUALLY ATTACKED the US on MORE than one occasion? Last time I checked, it wasn’t Saddam Hussein or the Iraqi people… remind me again how that who debacle fell under the “War on Terror”?
Again there is brian leading the way by cheer-leading the deaths of others to prove his point. Perhaps brian seeks more press coverage on war dead so he can benefit from more Blog points.
Guess what Stumpy, five years and Al Qaeda has been held in check in Afghanistan. Their leaders are hiding, they have to live in holes and their money supply is dwindling. But I guess Stumpy wants to join the brian cheer-leading club on using deaths of others as their main talking points.
sorry, that last line should read “remind me again how that whole debacle fell under the “war on terror”?” – and I just noticed a typo on the first line as well. apparently I cannot type at all today…
How on earth do you come to the conclusion that al Qaeda are living in holes? Have we sent troops there to make sure they are? That their money supply is dwindling? How do you know what Saudi Arabia does with their billions? Held in check? Did you forget the London bombings? Planned, trained, and staged from Pakistan.
I say again, why on earth would I trust Republicans with national security, when they make up their own facts?
Guess what Stumpy, five years and Al Qaeda has been held in check in Afghanistan.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
They are in Iraq now dumbass. Never were before but they are now.
So repub, should we ignore the mounting death toll then?
This report is a total lie because the Bush administration says all of Al-Quada is in Iraq. They can’t possibly be in Pakistan because Pakistan is our ally and we totally won in Afghanistan that’s why we didn’t need so many soldiers there.
It seems victory and the WMD are hiding in the same place, Bush’s imagination.
Emphasis added, for the reading-impaired troll.
‘Al-Qaida has REGAINED strength, US warns’http://www.kansas.com/wireupdates/story/120266.html“A new threat assessment from U.S. counterterrorism analysts says that al-Qaida has used its safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border to RESTORE its operating capabilities to a level unseen since the months BEFORE Sept. 11, 2001.”
To a level unseen before…
That reads like someone who has never read a rain gauge before and didn’t know they were supposed to empty it after each rain.
But the eco-terrorists cosmos keeps trying although with impotent attempts.
Al Qaeda is on the run! They are living in holes! Bin Laden hasn’t had a shower in 5 years! They’re broke! They haven’t released any new videotapes! Why, they haven’t been this quiet since Sept 10, 2001.
So we must be winning. Good thing we invaded Iraq to keep al Qaeda contained in Pakistan.
It seems KHAHN insists on keeping his head in the sand regarding terrorist threats.
NATO is now in Afghanistan for the uninformed. If you forgot what that acronym stands for and who are its members, might I suggest Google.
My head is in the sand?
I guess that is better than the dark orifice that leftcoaster sticks his head up.
Well, just as predicted, the Bush Administration’s feckless disregard for real threats has brought about an Al Qaeda resurgence. Big surprise. They never cared about terrorist threats and still don’t. The state of perpetual war works to their advantage, and they know it. Chertoff’s ‘gut feeling,’ anyone?
And given their stated intention to play Mideast Divide and Conquer by pitting Sunni against Shia, Al Qaeda actually counts as a U.S. ally in the larger struggle.
http://www.countercurrents.org/hallinan280407.htm
The fact that the Administration kept the gloves on and let the senior leadership of Al Qaeda get away may have seemed like lunacy at the time (still does to CF2K). But it makes sense (admittedly, a twisted and backwards kind of “sense”) in light of the Administration’s attempt to add a chapter to the Imperialist “Great Game” of Mideast Divide and Conquer.
Bush loves Al Qaeda. They’re his natural ally against the Shia, and a rallying cry for his internal constituencies. He needs them almost as much as they need him.
Huh? Bush/Cheney says the al-Qaida guys are weaker now because of him. Our intelligence (?) guys say they are stronger. Chertoff, (the gut guy) says the boogieman is coming. I think somebody’s doing something to me, and I’m not getting kissed.
At first, I thought the President and related cronies were ignorant. Now I think they are just arrogant and contemptuous of the intelligence of the American people. They must think we are so stupid they can say whatever they want.
They are the master spin-doctors.
“He needs them almost as much as they need him.
Posted by: CF2K | July 12, 2007 at 03:37 PM ”
Good observation. Neither would have a purpose to exist anymore without the other.(not necessarily referring to the exact people, but the ideaologies they represent)
I’m just wondering how big a check Bush had to cut Bin Laden to get Al Qaida back in shape for all the congressional hearings? And what was the address on the envelope it was mailed in?
Looks like Republican’s bowel “disability” finally got the best of him. He’s spewing shit like a busted sewer main.
Jed,
INDEED. Bush and Al Qaeda are so close as to be codependent.
Anybody else hearing the screaming jets over Wichita?
Last time I heard this much activity, Operation Shock and Awe went into effect.
Looks like Iran is gonna get pounded after all–it’ll be a fait accompli.
Bush will tell Congress why he had to do it after he does it.
Cap’n,Yeah, they’ve taken the tops off several of my trees this afternoon.
CF,Yes, I’ve been remembering the deal over the hostages Bush’s pappy brokered with Iran to get Reagan elected. Deja Vu all over again!
The jets are the Blue Angels. They are putting on a show at McConnell this weekend. They really were flying …low…
Looks like Iran is gonna get pounded after all–it’ll be a fait accompli.
Bush will tell Congress why he had to do it after he does it.
Posted by: CapnAmerica | July 12, 2007 at 04:14 PM
Yeah CapnAmerica,
Or perhaps Bush as instituted a sinister plot to have theMcConnell Air Show and Open House at McConnell ARB Wichita, KS July 14-15.
Watch very closely at how I do this–
I WAS WRONG.
Didn’t know about the air show.
Thanks for telling me. I stand corrected.
******
See how it works?
Unlike the right-wing, I don’t profess to know everything. And when I see my error in thinking, I acknowledge it.
Somebody left the lid off the septic tank.
It’s baaaaack…..
Pure Israeli driven propaganda, what in the hell did you expect….the truth?
And the Bush/Cheney/Zionist Cabal wouldn’t put these words into their puppet’s mouth: “gut feeling?”
“Maybe that’s why Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff referred this week to a “gut feeling” that al-Qaida was poised to strike again.”
Notice the “Maybe?”
They’ve beat-up the word “terrorist thing” until it has no credibility, so they’ve reinvented al-Qaida { with my spelling no less }. {was al-Qaeda }
Anyone that has been around military aircraft knows the difference between a show run and tactical/strategic air maneuvers of fighter aircraft to know that low flying jet sound isn’t a practice maneuver for combat.
It works like this, you hear something – not really sure what that sound is,
- the earth explodes around you
- next you hear the sound of afterburners in the distance as the jet fighter is already miles way from you and you never even saw it.
Air show this weekend guys… :)
Although from my far northeast corner, it just sounds like Thunder…
and I have a new explanation for “Khahn” or whoever the hell he is now – anyone remember the recycling campaign from years ago (I think I may have been in high school when this came out)- the 3 R’s of recycling? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… So now, Khahn REDUCES everything to BS, REUSES the same BS regardless of whether it fits the situation or not, and then RECYCLES the same BS whenever anyone tries to call him on it!!!! Who knew he was so environmentally concerned…
“Countercurrents.org stands for peace and justice. Our sympathies are with all those who are engaged in struggles for economic, political, social, cultural, gender, environmental ….. justice.”
More far left, tell me how to think, crap.You people prove over and over that is YOU who must be told how to act and what to say. Loser pussies.
Uh, Fleet, WTF are you talking about? Post on the wrong blog again??????????????????????
Who am I anon to defy the law of nature and the Epistemological Wissenschaftslehre when it comes to methods in written communication?
“Uh, Fleet, WTF”Pay attention.
One of your Lib brothers posted it.
Posted by: CF2K | July 12, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Hi fleettwood,
“Please explain YOUR “plan” to us fleettwood.”http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/rumsfeld-took-a.html#comment-75618298
What is your answer? Crickets chirping…
The eco-terrorist cosmos is too egocentric and narcissistic to post his plan because he doesn’t have one, neither does the Democrapic Party.
Without the Iraq War, the Democraps would just be their usual selves – the party of tax and spend, socialistic leftist cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
“”Please explain YOUR “plan” to us fleettwood.”"
Another link to your post?My plan? That’s silly. My plan (and yours for that matter) doesn’t mean squat. I have missed every meeting. I am relying on my elected folk to do the right thing. I would bet that you are relying on your elected folk and all they have done is to pass a minimum wage law. If I were you, I’d be upset, too.
fleettwood,
“I am relying on my elected folk to do the right thing.”
Translation: Vote Republican… it’s easier than thinking.
“Translation: Vote Republican… it’s easier than thinking.”
Translation: Vote Lib… it’s easier that working.
fleettwood,
Thank you for your 5:14 PM post proving that “Vote Republican… it’s easier than thinking” is accurate.
And thank you for again proving that you’re the BDP.
“And thank you for again proving that you’re the BDP.”
Is that it? Is that what you people do? Pitiful. Handout monkey
Since the terrorists have their base in Pakistan the best course of action we can take now is invade Iran. We can once again take them by surprise. They’ll never expect that America would do something completely stupid again by invading the wrong country.
No we are just not killing enough Iraqies. Be free or die
fleettwood,
“Is that it?”
Since you are “relying on my elected folk to do the right thing”, lack curiousity, are unable to do simple research, are clueless… and the BDP…
I see no reason to waste more time on you.
Fleetwood,
Shit the bed much, pal?
Read about recent increases in attacks in Afghanistan at http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/17/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence-Glance.php
Noteworthy just this year:June 17, 2007 — A bomb rips through a bus carrying police instructors in Kabul, killing 35 people and wounding 35.
May 20, 2007 — A suicide bomber kills 14 people in a crowded market in the eastern city of Gardez.
May 19, 2007 — A suicide bomber detonates himself next to German soldiers in Kunduz, killing three soldiers and seven civilians.
Feb. 27, 2007 — A suicide bomber kills 23 people outside the main U.S. base at Bagram Air Field during a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
Yep, Mission Accomplished!!!
“It is, therefore, a matter of considerable puzzlement and concern that NATO allies that have contributed to the roughly 35,000 strong NATO stabilization in Afghanistan have also taken steps to undermine the mission. (The United Sates has 13,000 troops, of which 9,000 are not operating under NATO command.)”How’s that undermined NATO mission going for you, khahn, or republican, or whatever.
Stratfor, the independent intelligence analysis sight with close links to the military and intelligence community, came out with an article a few days ago saying that al-Qaeda was essentially a dozen guys in cave somewhere in northwest Pakistan with no command and control structure whatsoever.
The Iraqi elements of ‘al-Qaeda’ simply make the claim they are ‘al-Qaeda.’ Bin-Laden, realizing this props up his cause and what is left of his organization in the eyes of the world at large, endorses such claims even even though these Iraqi elements have never had any relationship with Bin-Laden or his core group holed up in the mountains.
Considering the massive military presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, this certainly seems to make sense.
That does not mean there are not plenty of people willing to sacrifice their lives for the Moslem cause. After all, look what we have done to their contries. But they are not the seemingl ubiquitous ‘al-Qaeda’
Saddam is gone and they need to develop ‘al-Qaeda as the big bogeyman, now.
The Stratfor intelligence reports, including this recent one on who and what ‘al-Qaeda’ really is, are available in their free E-mail reports.
KCDan,
Whatever… Yawn.
cosmo,
You are long on mouth and sarcasm, but short on ideas. Typical leftist!
Yawn? Is that a geo-political argument?
I guess if you have nothing substantive to say, it is.
One time I wrote Jonah Goldberg – you know, the far right wing pundit and son of Luciane Goldberg, Linda Tripp’s publicist. That’s how he got his job as a ‘pundit.’ He is in the KC Star all the time, in fact.
Anyway, I wrote him and he responded. It was the same as yours. One word: Yawn.
I guess that is all you and he has.
Got a substantive response? Lets hear it! But asking that of the likes of you and Jonah Goldberg is like trying to teach a pig to sing. (It’s very difficult to do and annoys the pig.)
The reason a Zionist won’t eat a pig is because they refuse to be cannibals.
Ed, are you Hitler reincarnated?Do you have anything else to focus on in life except your hatred of Jews? I swear, you need to get a hobby or something.
We don’t have to worry about Bin Laden anymore, George told us that himself…I know that makes ME feel a whole lot safer.