>> he has taken out bin Laden and other key al Qaeda operatives.
The point, which was lost on you, is that there were no "key al Qaeda operatives" left by the time Obama got there. Which is the reason they were never able to attack us successfully again while Bush was president, and the reason bin Laden was "despondent".
9/11 was at least 10 years in the making. After 9/11, al Qaida went for more widespread bombings.........in London, Madrid, Mumbai, etc. They even tried again in NYC but failed. At the end of the Bush administration, there had been little progress in diminishing al Qaida's strength.
From MIT:
The U.S. public widely credits President Bush with toughness
on terror. Most recent polls show more Americans approving
than disapproving his handling of the campaign against terror.
2
In fact, the Bush administration is weak on terror. It wages
a one-front war against al-Qaeda, the main terror threat, when effort on every relevant
front is needed. Specifically, the administration focuses on an offensive military and
intelligence campaign abroad while neglecting five other critical fronts: bolstering
homeland security, securing weapons and materials of mass destruction from possible
theft or purchase by terrorists, winning the war of ideas across the world, ending
conflicts that fuel support for al-Qaeda, and saving the failed states where al-
Qaeda and like groups can find haven.
The administration has also bungled parts of the military offensive by diverting itself
into a counterproductive sideshow in Iraq and by alienating potential allies. As a
result, al-Qaeda and related jihadi groups remain a potent threat more than five years
after the 9/11 attacks.
3
Assessments by U.S. intelligence and other analysts indicate that the terror threat has actually
increased since 9/11.
4
The Bush administration’s toughness on terror is an illusion. Its counterterror
campaign has been inept and ineffective.
5
President Bush talks the talk of strong action but doesn’t walk the walk. And his
weakness on terror is putting the United States in great danger.
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