[WEEKLYSTANDARD] Are we watching the demise of al Qaeda or its rebirth?
A bracing new piece in the Daily Beast makes a persuasive case that it's the latter -- that recent developments in Iraq, across the greater Middle East and South Asia point to a resurgence of al Qaeda and a strengthening of its affiliates.
The piece bolsters the compelling arguments made in THE WEEKLY STANDARD last month by Thomas Joscelyn, who wrote that the B.O. regime was pursuing a "see no evil" strategy on al Qaeda, willfully choosing to downplay or ignore troubling evidence that contradicts the administration's claims that al Qaeda is mortally maimed and "on the path to defeat."
But what makes the new piece in the Daily Beast especially noteworthy is that it comes from Bruce Riedel, who served as a top adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistain in the Obama White House and wrote the administration's initial strategy review of the region.
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