Is there any doubt that the Bush foriegn policy strategy has the Al-Qaeda network on the run? Their ability to communicate and execute has been severly disrupted and their leadership has been gutted. There is much to criticize about execution in post-war Iraq, but the strategy was sound, and has been proven so since our invasion. Iraq was a central player in global terrorism. Saddam was bribing governments across Europe, corrupting and endicting the United Nations at the same time. We now know the reason the UN did not lift a finger in Iraq, because the status quo was better for them. It was good business.
Bin Laden, Zarqawi Are Attempting to Communicate, U.S. Says
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Jordanian terrorist
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are attempting to communicate with each other, a general
with the U.S. Central Command told a news conference at the Pentagon.