Obama's misleading statements about al Qaeda being on the run continue to haunt him
NY Times:
What seems clear about Obama is that if he can't use a drone strike or a special ops mission to fight the enemy, he is just not into it and democracy has nothing to do with it. He has made the choice to accept casualties of terrorism over potential casualties in fighting it. His petulant news conference in Turkey after the Paris attacks exposed his lack of strategy and lack of will to defeat the enemy.
It is really hard to say that attacks like the one in Mali are a set back when he is doing so little to stop them. US intelligence has also been degraded by the Snowden effect and the cumulative effect of trying to shut down Gitmo and not engage in robust interrogation of enemy fighters. Of course, it is hard to get intelligence out of someone zapped in a drone strike.
I think it raises more questions about Obama's dishonest 2012 campaign when he tried to cover up an attack by an al Qaeda affiliate in Benghazi because it did not fit his narrative, and instead scapegoated an obscure film maker about a video that had nothing to do with the attacks.Attack in Mali Is a Setback in the Fight Against Extremism
The assault in the West African nation’s capital leads to questions about how a democratic society can protect itself from a few determined extremists.
What seems clear about Obama is that if he can't use a drone strike or a special ops mission to fight the enemy, he is just not into it and democracy has nothing to do with it. He has made the choice to accept casualties of terrorism over potential casualties in fighting it. His petulant news conference in Turkey after the Paris attacks exposed his lack of strategy and lack of will to defeat the enemy.
It is really hard to say that attacks like the one in Mali are a set back when he is doing so little to stop them. US intelligence has also been degraded by the Snowden effect and the cumulative effect of trying to shut down Gitmo and not engage in robust interrogation of enemy fighters. Of course, it is hard to get intelligence out of someone zapped in a drone strike.
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