Are Obama Advisers Downplaying Afghan Dangers? -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration reconsiders its Afghanistan policy, White House officials are minimizing warnings from the intelligence community, the military and the State Department about the risks of adopting a limited strategy focused on al Qaida, U.S. intelligence, diplomatic and military officials told McClatchy.
Recent U.S. intelligence assessments have found that the Taliban and other Pakistan-based groups that are fighting U.S.-led forces have much closer ties to al Qaida now than they did before 9/11, would allow the terrorist network to re-establish bases in Afghanistan and would help Osama bin Laden export his radical brand of Islam to Afghanistan's neighbors and beyond, the officials said.
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My Comment: What is disturbing is when one reads reports like this .... 4,000 foreigners join Taliban, minister says. The administration says that Al Qaeda is on the ropes, and that there are probably less than a 100 in Afghanistan. If that is the case, who are these 4,000 foreign jihadists?
From where I stand, these fighters are obviously coming from somewhere, and the only organization that is capable of assembling and transporting these fighters are .... Al Qaeda. Once in country, the only organization that is capable of organizing them and taking care of them is the Taliban. If there was ever a smoking gun that reveals the close connection between the two, this is it .... but it appears that many in the White House are choosing to ignore this information.
Why is the White House doing this .... your guess is as good as mine.
Hat Tip: Prairie Pundit and Weasel Zippers.