Robert Burns reported that top U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus believes that Al Qaeda may be shifting resources and emphasis to Pakistan or Afghanistan from Iraq.
Discussing al-Qaida in cautious terms, Petraeus said he is not certain of the reliability of the intelligence information about the terrorist network's latest thinking. He was adamant, however, that until now al-Qaida has seen Iraq as its best opportunity for establishing a militant Islamic state closer to the Persian Gulf.
"That could be under review," Petraeus said. "We do think they are considering what should be the main effort."
The American left is apparently going giddy over the vindication of Barack Obama's Iraq plan while failing to realize that a failure to adequately stabilize Iraq pushes the U.S. into a potential whack-a-mole strategy.
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