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By Michael Widlanski
August 7, 2013
"Al-Qaeda is on the run, and Osama Bin-Laden is dead," declared President Barack Obama (in almost identical language) at more than a dozen campaign appearances and major policy speeches in the last year.
But when America closes embassies in more than 20 countries for fear of terror, it sends a very strong message that America, not Al-Qaeda, is on the run.
Britain, which made tremendous intelligence discoveries about Al-Qaida in Arabia and Yemen (some of which Obama aides endangered with credit-taking leaks), only closed its own embassy in Yemen, not in 24 countries.
"Al-Qaida is not dead, but is alive and kicking, and it has merely changed its form," observed Professor Uzi Rabi, head of Middle East Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Several Israeli experts have said that Western governments must be alert to "terror chatter" but also have to be careful that they do not grant terrorists a victory by inflicting damage on their own countries by reacting recklessly to what may be a terrorist feint.
"Hamas used that tactic against Israel a number of times, and without spilling any blood it got Israel to hurt itself by wasting resources," observed Ron Ben-Yishai, strategic commentator for the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot.
Yes, it is prudent to pay attention to intelligence clues and "terror chatter," but when it comes to terror, President Obama see-saws between apathy and frenzy, between stony denial and feverish response.
Read more:
Blog: Obama's 'Victory' Over Terror
Adding to the lies and obfuscation and n, it leads to questioning the ethics and competency of this president.
August 7, 2013
"Al-Qaeda is on the run, and Osama Bin-Laden is dead," declared President Barack Obama (in almost identical language) at more than a dozen campaign appearances and major policy speeches in the last year.
But when America closes embassies in more than 20 countries for fear of terror, it sends a very strong message that America, not Al-Qaeda, is on the run.
Britain, which made tremendous intelligence discoveries about Al-Qaida in Arabia and Yemen (some of which Obama aides endangered with credit-taking leaks), only closed its own embassy in Yemen, not in 24 countries.
"Al-Qaida is not dead, but is alive and kicking, and it has merely changed its form," observed Professor Uzi Rabi, head of Middle East Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Several Israeli experts have said that Western governments must be alert to "terror chatter" but also have to be careful that they do not grant terrorists a victory by inflicting damage on their own countries by reacting recklessly to what may be a terrorist feint.
"Hamas used that tactic against Israel a number of times, and without spilling any blood it got Israel to hurt itself by wasting resources," observed Ron Ben-Yishai, strategic commentator for the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot.
Yes, it is prudent to pay attention to intelligence clues and "terror chatter," but when it comes to terror, President Obama see-saws between apathy and frenzy, between stony denial and feverish response.
Read more:
Blog: Obama's 'Victory' Over Terror
Adding to the lies and obfuscation and n, it leads to questioning the ethics and competency of this president.
