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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
‘Al Qaeda Is On Our Side’: How Obama/Biden Team Empowered Terrorist Networks In Syria
2022-04-24
Long and dense with details that answer the many questions we had at the time. More at the link, so grab your stimulating beverage of choice and get comfortable.
[PoliticalInsider] The road to Al Qaeda’s control of the Syrian province of Idlib actually started hundreds of miles across the Mediterranean in Libya.

In March 2011, after heavy lobbying from bigwigs including Secretary Crooked Hillary Clinton
...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do...
, President Obama authorized a bombing campaign in support of the jihadist insurgency fighting the government of Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  IIRC Islamic State stepped up as #1 Boogie man, at least until Oblahblah called them the "JV Team". AQ seemed happy to let IS take the hits while AQ did R&R/Hudna?
Posted by: Frank G   2022-04-24 11:06  

#1  If AQ is on your side, well then, you need to switch sides...That said...

This is thought provoking on a couple of levels.

Since 2011 we have had almost no trouble out of AQ and we don't seem to have continued the targeting of their leadership...nor are we diligently pursuing the prosecution of the 9/11 planners in GTMO.

Did we make a deal with the AQ devil? And what did we get in return? Did AQ offer OBL up as a martyr as their part of the bargain?
Posted by: Tennessee   2022-04-24 10:50  

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