“The summary below shows what al Qaeda looks like today – it is far from being “neutralize[d].” Instead, al Qaeda and its regional branches are fighting in more countries today than ever. They are trying to build radical Islamic states, just like ISIS, which garners more attention but hasn’t, contrary to conventional wisdom, surpassed al Qaeda in many areas.”
Source: Al Qaeda has not been neutralized | The Long War Journal
The above article by Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn at The Long War Journal highlights key fallacies about Al Qaeda and ISIS, which the Obama administration clings to, despite overwhelming evidence that their strategy to defeat ISIS continues to flounder and they were dead wrong on Al Qaeda being decimated.
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