The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I would argue that the surge has significantly weakened al Qaeda.

Al Qaeda forces in Iraq, perhaps. It did nothing to touch the main Al Qaeda forces in Afganistan.

It's also worth mentioning that Al Qaeda wouldn't even be in Iraq if it wasn't for the US invasion; and that if we had kept our focus on Afganistan, which we had a legitimate reason for invading, we might have defeated Al Qaeda by now.