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Jonathan Schroden and Julia McQuaid, War On The Rocks: Congress Asked for an Assessment of the War on Al-Qaeda. Here’s What We Told Them
In 2015, the U.S. Congress decided it was time to take a public accounting of the U.S. government’s war against al-Qaeda. In that year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress mandated:
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide for the conduct of an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the United States’ efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat Al-Qaeda … since September 11, 2001.
At CNA, we recently completed that independent assessment and concluded that the current U.S. strategy will not defeat al-Qaeda, and that a renewed approach is needed. After 16 years of war against this group, at a cost of over a trillion dollars and thousands of U.S. military members killed, how can this be?
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WNU Editor: After 16 years .... thousands of U.S. military soldiers killed, a trillion dollars spent .... and with Al Qaeda still active and dominant as it is .... it is kind of obvious that current strategies have not (and are not) working. The CNA report is here .... Independent Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts against Al Qaeda (CNA).
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"The Twenty Years’ War"
"Two decades ago, Osama bin Laden officially launched al-Qaeda’s struggle against the United States. "
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/08/twenty-years-war/496736/
Bill Clinton (D) was too busy getting Lewinskis to notice.
These are not wars of choice.
9/11
Bush president
Gorelick wall.
The usual slow walking of a Republican presidents nominees.
Clinton was to busy looting the Whitehouse to tell Bush much of anything.
"Clintons Began Taking White House Property a Year Ago' - LA Times
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