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[News From Antiwar.com] Obama Vows to Never Stop Pursuing al-Qaeda -- News from Antiwar.com: At the same time half a world away, General Stanley McChrystal was saying that there was no sign of any significant al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan. President Obama has made the escalation of the war in Afghanistan the cornerstone of his foreign policy, and has sold the continuation of the eight year long war primarily on the basis of the threat posed by al-Qaeda.

[Fabius Maximus] Thoughts about 9-11-01 from Rebecca Solnit « Fabius Maximus: Imagine if the collapse of those towers had not been followed by such a blast of stereotypes, lies, distortions, and fear propaganda that served the agenda of the Bush administration while harming the rest of us — Americans, Iraqis, Afghans, and so many others, for people from 90 nations died in the attacks that day and probably those from many more nations survived at what came to be called Ground Zero.

[Breaking News] Questions and answers about the US role and future in the ...: ISLAMABAD - The US has managed to convince Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that India is not playing a negative role in Afghanistan and that Islamabad should not be 'unduly concerned' about this, a commentary in a leading English daily said Monday. Contrary to what Zardari said before he left Pakistan, 'he is coming back after being convinced by Washington that India is not playing a negative role in Afghanistan and that Pakistan should not be unduly concerned about it', eminent journalist Ansar Abbasi wrote in The News.

[Mike McClellan's blog - Mike1633's Blog - azcentral.com] azcentral.com blogs - Mike McClellan's blog: Eight years later . . .: "I just had the feeling that this would end up a debate over Iraq." Maybe we should change the subject mike, what the hell are we doing in Afghanistan if the war on terror is over?-. just killing people with unmanned killer drones for .

[Matthew Yglesias] Matthew Yglesias » 9/11/2009: Because the cat and mouse gaime that the Bush administration played put the lowest priority on U.S. security and the highest priority on relecting Bush and creating an excuse to pump vast amounts of money to the Pentagon. The one thing worse than being in a war is being in a war led by callous, negligent, corrupt oligarchs who don’t actually care about the outcome, as long as they can prolong the excuse to enrich themselves.

[Chrisy58's Weblog] How 9/11 Should Be Remembered « Chrisy58's Weblog: their refusal to challenge the administration as it claimed that somehow the Saudi-spawned, fundamentalist al-Qaeda was linked to the secularist Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein and that we should fear mythical Iraqi “weapons of mass destruction.” Rarely did they mention that we had, in fact, been bombing Iraq without interruption since 1991.

[ChattahBox News Blog] Eight years after 9/11, al-Qaeda weakened but not yet defeated ...: On the eight year anniversary of the September 11 attacks today,  under heavy pressure now in Pakistan, Afghanistan and already marginalized in Iraq, al-Qaeda is weakening because it’s having difficulty attracting new recruits.  Attacks by CIA drones and disruptions of al-Qaeda communications have lowered morale in al-Qaeda’s “core,” which has been reduced to a senior leadership of six to eight men, according to western counter-terrorism officials.  Several key figures have been captured and or killed since July 2008, including Abu Khabab al-Masri, chemical and biological arms expert, and Baitullah Mehsud, head of the Pakistan Taliban.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Will: Let's get out of Iraq, too: we’re fighting in Iraq is comprised of 1) disaffected Iraqi youths in sectarian militias, and 2) terrorists financed by Iran. Neither of these categories of insurgents would follow us home””the militia members have neither the resources nor the inclination, and Iran likely would prefer to get its first few nukes before they start provoking war with us.

[Breaking News] Senate Armed Services chairman says US has lost initiative in ...: WASHINGTON - Expressing serious concern over the rising extremism in the country, the US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that religious extremists operating along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border pose a direct threat to Pakistan's existence. Addressing a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting on Obama's revamped policy for Pakistan and Afghanistan General Petraeus said that the outlawed groups such as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda based on the Pakistani soil along the Afghan border are posing more serious threat to Pakistan's existence.

[SWJ Blog] 10 September SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

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