Al-Qaeda 'On The Run,' Bush Tells Americans

[boruhila]

Source: national post Canada

WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush yesterday hailed the U.S. troop surge in Iraq as a major success that has put al-Qaeda and other enemies of America "on the run," producing successes few people believed possible a year ago.

In his annual State of the Union address to the American people, Mr. Bush said the security gains have been so great the United States is now increasingly prepared to hand over the lead in military operations to Iraqi forces.

"Our enemies in Iraq have been hit hard. They are not yet defeated, and we can still expect tough fighting ahead," Mr. Bush said in the address, his eighth and last as President.



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[ixion]

1. boy, that's some stamina those guys have

we've had them 'on the run' for six years now, and we're supposedly still chasin'. :eyes:

[JBoy]

8. 'cause they been smoked outta their caves, ya see

[tekisui]

2. Yeah fucking right.

They walked to new safe havens, and re-grouped under his watchful eye.

The Taliban and AQ have just started fighting the Occupation in Afghanistan. Six years on, Bin Laden and his ilk aren't gone or running, and chimpy can't get the job done.

He wants them to remain viable so he can keep up his war-profiteering.

Meanwhile, nearly 5000 US Soldiers have died in his profit-driven wars.

[Roland99]

3. The 2-4% of all fighters in Iraq and the ones that engage in the most spectacular attacks?

They're on the run, eh? Maybe another ten or fifteen years and they'll be in full retreat!!

[Deny and Shred]

4. If we stop paying the Awakening Councils

then we'll see how 'effective' our security gains are. Bush is delusional if he really thinks the allegiance of Iraqi hordes is in sympathy with the US.

Most neighborhoods have been 'cleansed' in Iraq already. Less motivation for violence at the local level.

[Tempest]

5. As 7 U.S. troops are killed

They're running all right.

[FATCATs]

6. Freedoms on the march !

[Swagman]

7. on the run ?..err..what about Osama whatshisname ?

[boruhila]

9. bush is a crackhead he dont know what he is talking about

8 More months.......

[calimary]

10. Funny, that name never did come up. Somebody named Mr. Terr did, too.

And his cousin, Mr. Terrists. Or was that Mr. Terrace?

My take:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4263816

[Thor_MN]

11. William H. Macy!!! Most people give up phony phone calls by the time they hit high school.

How many times can you ask if a person's refridge is running before it gets boring?

[yurbud]

12. ''and we have chased Santa back to the North Pole, and the Easter Bunny to his hole.''

[Orsino]

13. We're turning a corner! n/t

[Solly Mack]

14. so's democracy....

[arewenotdemo]

15. Not the jihadists that did 9/11.

The ones that Bush's invasion of Iraq mobilized.

And when they are rolled up, Sunni and Shiite attention will turn more squarely to the American occupation.