President Obama's Counterterrorism Doctrine Is Not Working

Obama's Counterterrorism Doctrine: Let Locals Lead The Fight -- Reuters

In a foreign policy address this week, U.S. President Barack Obama gave his clearest outline yet of his counterterrorism strategy. Al Qaeda splinter groups remain the largest threat to the United States, he said, but Washington must respond to it in a new way: by training local security forces, not deploying American ground troops.

“We have to develop a strategy that matches this diffuse threat - one that expands our reach without sending forces that stretch our military too thin, or stir up local resentments,” Obama said. “We need partners to fight terrorists alongside us.”

But critics say America's past efforts to train local security forces have had mixed results. Washington has a poor track record of applying the long-term resources, funding and attention needed to carry out such efforts successfully.

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My Comment: A sobering analysis on what happens when the U.S. has to rely on foreign allies to combat terror groups. In short .... finding partners to fight terrorists alongside us is not an easy task.