To some extent. AQ is viral now, though. Ironic that Al Qaeda means "the base". Maybe they should have named it "strain one", because it mutates every time we stomp on it.
I don't know that we're only reacting, but we are focusing a huge chunk of our military capability in Iraq, another chunk in Afghanistan, and that can't help but lead to possible targets of opportunity for AQ elsewhere. The immediate future comes down to what al-Sadr does. If he has his militias disarm and become just a political movement, we can pull a large number of troops out of Iraq. If he has the best interests of his followers in Iraq in mind, that's what he'll do, but if he is taking orders from Iran, I fear we could see sustained bloodshed. At least the Iraqi Army is now in that fight. We don't need to be fighting the militias any longer. The Iraqi Army has demonstrated that they can take the fight to the militias. Now they need to suck it up and finish the job so we can bring our people home. On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Gruss wrote: > > AQ is playing Rope-a-dope. > > > But we continue to chase them around the ring, playing their game on > their field, responding to their moves. Reacting. Never pro-acting. > While we get tired. > > Don't you get the feeling that you're being lulled to sleep by the > left while the right is winding up for a huge punch? > > I do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
