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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1079829" data-attributes="member: 1246">[h=2]<a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/12/obama-weve-come-very-close-to-achieving-our-central-goal-which-is-to-de-capacitate-al-qaeda-to-dismantle-them/" target="_blank">Obama: “We’ve Come Very Close To Achieving Our Central Goal, Which Is To De-Capacitate Al Qaeda, To Dismantle Them”…</a>[/h]<img src="http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/obama-laugh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />He’s specifically talking about Afghanistan, but the reality is al-Qaeda globally is stronger now than at any time since 9/11.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/12/us-obama-afghanistan-idUSBRE90A0ZT20130112" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> – President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on Friday to speed up the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces, raising the prospect of an accelerated U.S. withdrawal from the country and underscoring Obama’s determination to wind down a long, unpopular war. [...]

Asked whether the cost of the war in lives and money was worth it, Obama said: “We achieved our central goal … or have come very close to achieving our central goal, which is to de-capacitate al Qaeda, to dismantle them, to make sure that they can’t attack us again.”
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1079829, member: 1246"] [h=2][URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/12/obama-weve-come-very-close-to-achieving-our-central-goal-which-is-to-de-capacitate-al-qaeda-to-dismantle-them/"]Obama: “We’ve Come Very Close To Achieving Our Central Goal, Which Is To De-Capacitate Al Qaeda, To Dismantle Them”…[/URL][/h][IMG]http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/obama-laugh.jpg[/IMG] He’s specifically talking about Afghanistan, but the reality is al-Qaeda globally is stronger now than at any time since 9/11. [INDENT][URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/12/us-obama-afghanistan-idUSBRE90A0ZT20130112"](Reuters)[/URL] – President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on Friday to speed up the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces, raising the prospect of an accelerated U.S. withdrawal from the country and underscoring Obama’s determination to wind down a long, unpopular war. [...] Asked whether the cost of the war in lives and money was worth it, Obama said:[B] “We achieved our central goal … or have come very close to achieving our central goal, which is to de-capacitate al Qaeda, to dismantle them[/B], to make sure that they can’t attack us again.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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