Al Qaeda has been dramatically weakened, or so leaks the Obama administration, in an effort to extract the president from the hole he has dug himself on Afghanistan.Tony Blankley has an interesting column saying that the White House is floating the trial balloon of troop reduction based on the theory that al Qaeda has been weakened. It is an attempt to find a way out of Afghanistan by just claiming victory and walking away. Blankley writes "For Vice President Joe Biden and some senior Obama White House staff members (we do not know the position of the president yet), the alleged weakness and ineffectiveness of al-Qaida is sufficient justification for ending our major ground troop presence in Afghanistan." But this is what President Obama -- then nominee -- said just one year ago: "And in the meantime, they [Bush Admin] weren't going after al Qaeda, and they are more powerful now than at any time since we began the war in Afghanistan. That's going to change when I'm...(Read Full Post)