The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the
Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted within the RAND
National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and
development center sponsored by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant
Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the
defense Intelligence Community.
The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the
Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted within the RAND
National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and
development center sponsored by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant
Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the
defense Intelligence Community.
"We’ve got a much bigger problem than just the current crisis in Iraq," Cheney said. "The Rand Corporation was out in the last week with a report that showed that there’s been a 58 percent increase in the number of groups like al-Qaida, Salafi-jihadists, and it stretches from West Africa, all across North Africa, East Africa, through the Middle East, all the way around to Indonesia -- a doubling of the number of terrorists out there."
(This statement is from June 2014 when the propaganda machines were making a case for going into Syria + Iraq ... Again)
The number of Salafi-jihadist groups (al-Qaida, its affiliates, other violent Islamists) jumped 58 percent, as Cheney said, from 31 groups in 2010 to 49 in 2013. The growth primarily happened in North Africa and countries along the Mediterranean Sea, known as the Levant, which includes Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel.
The biggest increase was in Syria amid the rebellion to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Further, Libya is "perhaps the most active Salafi-jihadist sanctuary in North Africa" as a result of groups forming after the killing of its longtime leader, Muammar Qaddafi, wrote Seth Jones, the author of the report and director of Rand’s International Security and Defense Policy Center.
Membership has flourished partially because of weak governments in the Middle East and Africa, which not surprisingly has led to more attacks in recent years. Most, though, have been directed locally and not toward the U.S., its embassies or allies. There were roughly 400 attacks carried by al-Qaida and its affiliates in 2010, which rose to more than 900 in 2013, according to Rand.
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"We’ve got a much bigger problem than just the current crisis in Iraq," Cheney said. "The Rand Corporation was out in the last week with a report that showed that there’s been a 58 percent increase in the number of groups like al-Qaida, Salafi-jihadists, and it stretches from West Africa, all across North Africa, East Africa, through the Middle East, all the way around to Indonesia -- a doubling of the number of terrorists out there."
(This statement is from June 2014 when the propaganda machines were making a case for going into Syria + Iraq ... Again)
The number of Salafi-jihadist groups (al-Qaida, its affiliates, other violent Islamists) jumped 58 percent, as Cheney said, from 31 groups in 2010 to 49 in 2013. The growth primarily happened in North Africa and countries along the Mediterranean Sea, known as the Levant, which includes Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel.
The biggest increase was in Syria amid the rebellion to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Further, Libya is "perhaps the most active Salafi-jihadist sanctuary in North Africa" as a result of groups forming after the killing of its longtime leader, Muammar Qaddafi, wrote Seth Jones, the author of the report and director of Rand’s International Security and Defense Policy Center.
Membership has flourished partially because of weak governments in the Middle East and Africa, which not surprisingly has led to more attacks in recent years. Most, though, have been directed locally and not toward the U.S., its embassies or allies. There were roughly 400 attacks carried by al-Qaida and its affiliates in 2010, which rose to more than 900 in 2013, according to Rand.
Sorry.. Had to paste some info to get to my point.
Since 9/11 happened and 3000 Americans were killed by mostly Saudi terrorists (14/19), the US has been involved in the "war on terror". The best and brightest military minds this country has put together a plan.
So what have we done?
- We went into Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda. Then we lumped the Taliban in with Al Qaeda. 12+ years of war.
- We went into Iraq. We took out Saddam and destroyed their military. 12+ years of war.
- In 2014, we got involved in Syria through overt operations. It's no secret the US has been funding rebel groups in Syria well before that.
- Killing Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.
- Nothing in Saudi Arabia.
If the goal of the US was to fight a war on terrorism, they couldn't have been any dumber. People at that level know that destabilizing countries in that region creates terrorism. Where have the number of terrorists been growing the fastest? In the countries that we destabilized.
Let's say there was a military in the world that could dominate our military. They destroyed our military, our government, our infrastructure and started wiping out our police force... What do you think would happen? What would we do?
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Sorry.. Had to paste some info to get to my point.
Since 9/11 happened and 3000 Americans were killed by mostly Saudi terrorists (14/19), the US has been involved in the "war on terror". The best and brightest military minds this country has put together a plan.
So what have we done?
- We went into Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda. Then we lumped the Taliban in with Al Qaeda. 12+ years of war.
- We went into Iraq. We took out Saddam and destroyed their military. 12+ years of war.
- In 2014, we got involved in Syria through overt operations. It's no secret the US has been funding rebel groups in Syria well before that.
- Killing Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.
- Nothing in Saudi Arabia.
If the goal of the US was to fight a war on terrorism, they couldn't have been any dumber. People at that level know that destabilizing countries in that region creates terrorism. Where have the number of terrorists been growing the fastest? In the countries that we destabilized.
Let's say there was a military in the world that could dominate our military. They destroyed our military, our government, our infrastructure and started wiping out our police force... What do you think would happen? What would we do?
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