Al-Qaida At Its Weakest?

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Rumour is he retired from terror business and now works as a BP engineer in the Mexican Gulf.

So that's what happened, eh?

Originally Posted by Marka Ragnos

That said, better over there then on american soil right? Everyday is a victory.

Even better would be to keep it off everybody's soil that doesn't want it there.

Originally Posted by gimpy117

no there has been no progress. the fact that the taliban is back means that we have digressed. We diverted out attention to a pointless war (iraq) that really had nothing to with terrorism OR the taliban, and while we were napping they moved back in and made themselves at home. All because Bush wanted to finish his daddy's war and make the old man proud

I dunno. There's a Nat'l Guard unit that's learning pre-industrial farming techniques so that they can teach it to Afghani farmers. At least it's a step in the right direction. Making Afghanistan a safe haven for Western ideology, on the other hand... I think we'll be lucky to establish that in the first place.