Letters to the Editor
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I don't suppose it occurred to any of you here...
...that the reason Crocker answered that ridiculous hypothetical the way he did is because the US Military, the Iraqi Army, and the Sons of Iraq have been kicking the living s--t out of al Qaeda in Iraq for the better part of a year, such that they're barely able to project lethal force anywhere but Mosul anymore, has it? Or that if we had not been kicking the s--t out of them for the past year, Crocker would have had to answer that question somewhat differently?
And I don't suppose it's occurred to anybody here that al Qaeda is not, by far, the only element in the war against radical Islam? That perhaps the long-term prospects for a peaceful middle east is a more important consideration than where OBL or al Zawa have found a comfy cave?
This was a laughable question with no purpose other than to excite the robots in the base (nicely illustrated by the comments on this thread, thank you). Crocker's initial answer was correct, al Qaeda is a threat wherever it appears; but it's not really even all that relevant a question.
And Salon has demonstrated yet again that Democrats are simply incapable of thinking past their own facile talking points.