US General: will never completely be finished chasing al Qaeda "because they may always come back"

sabra

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Tue Jan-22-08 11:30 AM
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US General: will never completely be finished chasing al Qaeda "because they may always come back"

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/5474392.html

WASHINGTON � A top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Tuesday that troops have al-Qaida on the run but will never completely be finished chasing them "because they may always come back."

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A major criticism of coalition operations in past years was that they would push insurgents out of an area, only to have them return after U.S. forces left.

"Whenever you feel comfortable that you've eliminated them in one area, they tend to re-emerge," Hertling said. "We'll never say that we've completed pursuing them because they may always come back."

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Johonny

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Tue Jan-22-08 11:34 AM
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1. I feel that way

about the English

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Junkdrawer

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Tue Jan-22-08 11:36 AM
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2. The perfect enemy...no punking out after 40 years like the USSR...

Pheww... We'll never have that problem again.

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sinkingfeeling

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Tue Jan-22-08 11:39 AM
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3. Yeah, just wait until the million Iraqi orphans we've created grow up.

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ladjf

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Tue Jan-22-08 03:56 PM
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4. al Qaeda is an outgrowth of a large Islamic movement. It is

impossible to wipe out a movement by killing some of it's warriors. They will simply be replaced by an inexhaustible source.

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Disturbed

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Tue Jan-22-08 04:00 PM
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6. Translation: The US Military must stay in Iraq for at least 50 years.

Maybe by then al Q will have run out of steam.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Tue Jan-22-08 03:59 PM
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5. An endless source of Bogeymen to provide revenue for the Pentagon & "Defense" industry.

And, plenty of work for the morticians.

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TwilightGardener

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Tue Jan-22-08 04:03 PM
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7. Implication: WE'LL never be finished fightin' them over there!

Even if it's bankrupting us and hollowing out our military!

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