Al Qaeda On The March Remember how Obama bragged that his administration had decimated Al Qaeda and that the group was on the run? The other front page Washington Post story today is about how various Al Qaeda groups are once again on the march. In his speech Wednesday night, Obama pointed to Yemen and Somalia as models of success. The Post reports, United States is still battling al-Qaeda affiliates in countries including Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. None of those groups has been eradicated, or even degraded to a degree that would allow U.S. counterterrorism operations to end. And while Barack Obama continues to place limits on his strategy for confronting ISIS, the latest CIA analysis more than triples the number of ISIS fighters. CNN reports that new intelligence estimates suggest ISIS is capable of fielding an army of more than 30,000 jihadists. Moreover, the CIA believes that 15,000 foreign fighters (including 2,000 Westerners) from at least 80 countries have joined the jihad in Syria. If these headlines continue -- and they probably will (Australia raised its terror alert today) -- Obamas numbers could collapse even further. One of the mainstays of conservatism has always been a commitment to a strong national defense. Republicans must resist the siren song of Paulian isolationism. Gary L Bauer, Campaign for Working Families, End of Day Report, Friday, September 12, 2014
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:57:57 +0000
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