Here's an oh-so-proud chest-thumper of a headline that's been popping up all over the place for the past day or so.
Since Obama took office at least two thirds of the al Qaeda leadership has been eliminated. So says State Department counter-terror boss Daniel Benjamin.
So why are al Qaeda stronger than ever? Stronger in Yemen, Mali, Libya. Practically running the revolution in Syria.
A bigger threat to US interests by far than when Obama took office.
But an imbecile from State can get world-wide headlines for boasting about America's "success" against al Qaeda?
What's wrong with this picture?
When leaders are eliminated new leaders take their place. The new leaders will by definition be younger, better educated, and more aggressive.
That's why the fabled strategy of "cutting off the head of the snake" inevitably leads to there being more snakes.
It's a losing strategy.
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