Rahm Emanuel: Half Of Al Qaeda 'Eliminated' -- ABC News
About “a half of al Qaeda has been eliminated in this last 18 months” White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said in an EXCLUSIVE interview on 'This Week'.
Discussing the war in Afghanistan – which recently became America’s longest – with host Jake Tapper, Emanuel was bullish on the progress that has been made in war-torn country and insisted that President Obama’s July 2011 deadline for the beginning of a drawdown of troops was “not moving.”
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My Comment: For every Al Qaeda commander and soldier who gets killed .... there are scores who are willing to take their place. The White House's confidence that the enemy is losing is a bit premature .... in fact .... Al Qaeda has just publicized their peace terms with the U.S. as well as threatening new attacks.
Hmmmm .... they do not sound like a vanquished foe.
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