GWOT Update

[TheMercenary]

US Cites Big Gains against Al-Qaeda
Rick Moran

CIA Chief Michael Hayden, in an interview with the Washington Post, updates us on the war against al-Qaeda and there was much to cheer about:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...ainst_alq.html

[headsplice]

Killing little fish in a big pond isn't a big deal. Also, creating the conditions in Iraq that have allowed AQ to flourish in Iraq somewhat negates the positive implications of this development.

[TheMercenary]

Not according to the reports buy those fighting it.

[headsplice]

Wait, you trust these people?

[TheMercenary]

Dude, I was one of them. So yea, there is much truth out there. You do have to sift through it.

[deadbeater]

That al-Qaeda is still breathing as a group seven years after 9/11 is not a good thing for the Bush Administration to be proud of. I mean, put this in perspective: the FBI broke the back of the Black Panthers in two years after the Black Panthers' peak, and at its peak the Panthers were a larger organization than al-Qaeda ever was. And the worst thing the Panthers have done was gunrunning.

[Undertoad]

They don't issue membership cards. The organization is not the problem, the school of thought is. If you count Al Qaeda and those who sympathize with it, those interested in being joining it or just being called it if they think it's the strong horse, the number is probably well into the tens of millions.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by deadbeater

That al-Qaeda is still breathing as a group seven years after 9/11 is not a good thing for the Bush Administration to be proud of. I mean, put this in perspective: the FBI broke the back of the Black Panthers in two years after the Black Panthers' peak, and at its peak the Panthers were a larger organization than al-Qaeda ever was. And the worst thing the Panthers have done was gunrunning.

There is absolutely no comparison to an organization which had its limits to our borders. Apples and oranges.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

They don't issue membership cards. The organization is not the problem, the school of thought is. If you count Al Qaeda and those who sympathize with it, those interested in being joining it or just being called it if they think it's the strong horse, the number is probably well into the tens of millions.

On this point, we agree.

[TheMercenary]

Ok, we let you rot in jail instead. Or better yet we send you to Saudi and let them have fun with you.

Arraigned, 9/11 Defendants Talk of Martyrdom

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/wa...=1&oref=slogin

[regular.joe]

Originally Posted by headsplice

Wait, you trust these people?

Why not?

[TheMercenary]

High Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
29 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/...tus_guantanamo

[headsplice]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

High Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again

Don't you mean the rule of law?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by headsplice

Don't you mean the rule of law?

Actually no. I didn't write it so I don't mean anything.

[headsplice]

Originally Posted by regular.joe

Why not?

Because they lie.