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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (805768)	9/8/2014 11:52:38 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579866

However, that was the same problem under Bush/Cheney..........lots of donations and recruits to al Qaeda... And look at what happened to Al Qaeda by the time Bush handed over the reigns to Obama. They were on the run, scattered, and unfocused. No they weren't. When Obama took over, the Taliban and al Qaeda were resurgent in Afghanistan. That's when Patraeus proposed the surge and we added men in Afghanistan. In fact, the US military was complaining they were stretched and fatigued. The only way we could do the surge was to reduce the number of soldiers in Iraq. Since Obama took over, he has taken out bin Laden and other key al Qaeda operatives..........which begs the question once again........where do you get your news? Even the Obama administration painted a similar picture of Al Qaeda on the run in the timeframe shortly before the strike on Obama bin Laden. Then after the strike, the Obama administration, eager to wind down the war on terror, continued to portray Al Qaeda as a toothless tiger: Obama calls Al-Qaida "shadow of former self" (Feb. 2013) That was in 2013........5 years AFTER Obama took over. It was America's strength and resolve that created the decline of Al Qaeda (although recent reports suggest a resurgence in Al Qaeda's strength). It will be the lack thereof that will allow ISIS to rise (and Al Qaeda to come back). Its amazing how much you all try to rewrite history. Bush was probably the most hated president when he left office. There were lots of good reasons for that hatred. Trust.