Last night, president Obama reported that the USA had al Qaeda on the path to defeat. It was a repetition of what he has been saying for a while. Al Qaeda has been decimated, we have been told. "Core" al Qaeda is all but wiped out! There are some other affiliates to al Qaeda, but they are nothing as bad as the original.
Of course, that was yesterday, and today is a new day. Today, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence testified before a Senate committee exactly the opposite from what Obama has been saying. Here is how one report describes the testimony:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified Wednesday that he can't say the threat from the terror network "is any less" than it was a decade ago. Further, he said Al Qaeda probably poses an even bigger challenge today -- because its franchises are "much more globally dispersed" and the organization recently has benefited from the massive leak of U.S. intelligence information.
So al Qaeda is no less of a threat and presents a bigger challenge. Somehow, that does not sound like the "path to defeat". But then again, no one ever said that Obama is a slave to the truth.
Of course, that was yesterday, and today is a new day. Today, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence testified before a Senate committee exactly the opposite from what Obama has been saying. Here is how one report describes the testimony:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified Wednesday that he can't say the threat from the terror network "is any less" than it was a decade ago. Further, he said Al Qaeda probably poses an even bigger challenge today -- because its franchises are "much more globally dispersed" and the organization recently has benefited from the massive leak of U.S. intelligence information.
So al Qaeda is no less of a threat and presents a bigger challenge. Somehow, that does not sound like the "path to defeat". But then again, no one ever said that Obama is a slave to the truth.
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