While reiterating that al-Qaeda remains a threat “to the homeland,” President Obama insisted today that his military offensives have decimated the group’s leadership and it is “on the way to defeat.”
Obama went on to insist that “those who cowardly attack civilians” don’t understand his position that the US “do not get terrorized” by terrorism and will keep up its current foreign policy in place to prove that Americans “will never retreat from the world.”
The comments come as the US has closed dozens of embassies abroad over fear of terrorist attacks, and has issued a global travel warning for the rest of the month, urging civilians to avoid any travel anywhere on the planet.
He was addressing Camp Pendleton Marines at the time, and it is possible that the broad position of the speech was penned before all of the embassy closures, though Obama did note that the recent days are a “reminder” of the global war on terror.
Which al-Queda his talking about..? And by whom they are "defeat", us army? Or the Syrian people, in that case us needs to reconsider its relation with Al-Queada and all other terrorist organizations, like the one that burning Kurdish people alive.
I wish Obama would tell the people who is on first, isn’t this the same Al-qaeda they are supplying with weapons to overthrow the Syrian president?
Sounds like Cheney and his ‘death throes’ or Friedman and his ‘units’.
That´s exactly what the Bush Bunch told us right after invading Afghanistan: There were never more that 200 to 300 al-Qaeda and they were quickly being rounded up and eliminated. Remember? Those guys running the American government give me the creeps.
Could the President's comments be inconsistent with closing 22 Embassies or did I miss something?
"…is “on the way to defeat.” Except for the al-Qaeda groups Obama and McCain want to supply with heavy weapons… They're the "good guys" because they want to depose Assad, just like the USG.
Years ago I described the leadership of AlQueda as a hydra. I have not seen or read anything to change my perception. Despite the protestations of Obama, It is the foreign policy of the U.S. that is and was the problem all along. It is stupid to continue down the same path year after year hoping for different outcomes. But there we are. Fools to the end.