Pursuing al Qaeda
Though I think I have original thoughts on "troop surge", I'll leave it alone, for now, because everyone must be simply sick of the topic given the hysterical negativism and criticism offered by the usual liberal extremists who prove daily that they are capable of nothing more and the non-liberal extremists who seem to be trying to grab a headline.
Instead, just a few words on another, related, matter from earlier this week that is getting very little press. On Monday, U.S. war planes apparently supported by U.S. Special Forces on the ground, killed eight to ten al Qaeda terrorists in Somalia. The target of the air strike were three al Qaeda leaders that are thought to be the masterminds behind the two U.S. Embassy bombings in 1998. The bombings killed 225 people.
For those scoring at home, these bombings occurred on President Clinton's watch; I don't point this out because I "blame" him for the bombings; I point it out primarily to illustrate to the idiots that "they" didn't start hating us on September 11, 2001.
Of course, I do blame the Clinton Administration for the complete lack of effort expended in trying to bring the terrorists that planned the bombings to justice. It certainly was a pattern of conduct for the former Administration as President Clinton also failed to pursue the al Qaeda terrorists that killed 19 U.S. servicemen (and many more innocent Saudis) in the Khobar Tower bombings of 1996 (Khobar Towers, The Clinton administration left many stones unturned; by Louis J. Freeh, Wall Street Journal, June 2006).
Anyway, though the Somalia strike early this week seems to have missed killing the three targeted leaders, I think it is meaningful that the U.S. is pursuing terrorists no matter where they try to hide.
The President has told us time and again that the war against terrorists will be a long one, possibly one without end. I'm sleeping better at night knowing the intelligence agencies (CIA, NSA, Defense and others) are actively tracking and monitoring terrorists and that the U.S. military is poised to strike when targets present themselves.
"They" didn't start hating us on September 11, 2001 and "they" won't stop hating us if we surrender in Iraq.
Though I think I have original thoughts on "troop surge", I'll leave it alone, for now, because everyone must be simply sick of the topic given the hysterical negativism and criticism offered by the usual liberal extremists who prove daily that they are capable of nothing more and the non-liberal extremists who seem to be trying to grab a headline.
Instead, just a few words on another, related, matter from earlier this week that is getting very little press. On Monday, U.S. war planes apparently supported by U.S. Special Forces on the ground, killed eight to ten al Qaeda terrorists in Somalia. The target of the air strike were three al Qaeda leaders that are thought to be the masterminds behind the two U.S. Embassy bombings in 1998. The bombings killed 225 people.
For those scoring at home, these bombings occurred on President Clinton's watch; I don't point this out because I "blame" him for the bombings; I point it out primarily to illustrate to the idiots that "they" didn't start hating us on September 11, 2001.
Of course, I do blame the Clinton Administration for the complete lack of effort expended in trying to bring the terrorists that planned the bombings to justice. It certainly was a pattern of conduct for the former Administration as President Clinton also failed to pursue the al Qaeda terrorists that killed 19 U.S. servicemen (and many more innocent Saudis) in the Khobar Tower bombings of 1996 (Khobar Towers, The Clinton administration left many stones unturned; by Louis J. Freeh, Wall Street Journal, June 2006).
Anyway, though the Somalia strike early this week seems to have missed killing the three targeted leaders, I think it is meaningful that the U.S. is pursuing terrorists no matter where they try to hide.
The President has told us time and again that the war against terrorists will be a long one, possibly one without end. I'm sleeping better at night knowing the intelligence agencies (CIA, NSA, Defense and others) are actively tracking and monitoring terrorists and that the U.S. military is poised to strike when targets present themselves.
"They" didn't start hating us on September 11, 2001 and "they" won't stop hating us if we surrender in Iraq.
posted by Zack at 9:34 AM
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