Al Qaeda Losing Luster?

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Officials Say UBL Death, Arab Spring Hurt Terror Network

With the Middle East at a crossroads, the death of Usama bin Laden makes the choice for its people that much sharper.

On one side is a world where Islamic radicals try to lure supporters, exploiting an environment of corrupt governance and poverty. On the other, a new wave of reform where populations are demanding their leaders either improve conditions or leave.

The Obama administration hopes the latter is the obvious winner.

Top U.S. officials are pressing the case that bin Laden's death marks a significant blow to the network of Al Qaeda and its affiliates. While he may not have played a major operational role, he was the figurehead of the movement. With him gone, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said the "Al Qaeda narrative is becoming increasingly bankrupt."

While security officials, analysts and lawmakers stress that the fight is not over -- Al Qaeda continues to fester in Pakistan and Yemen and everywhere there are lone wolves willing to take up the cause -- they also cite several factors in arguing the Al Qaeda movement is on the decline.
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Originally Posted by TxAg

It may be down, but until it's out, I'm not letting my guard down.

It’s just like the War on Drugs … you’re no more going to Kill the last Terrorist than you are curing the last Drug Addict.

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Originally Posted by TxAg

Backwards thinking. Kill the source (root) and the plant dries up.

Dude, you do realize we’re the source in a lot of cases; we put a lot of these dictator in place.