How the Arab Spring beat Al Qaeda

On the whole, the revolts are peaceful, non-ideological, and led by the embattled middle class, including a coalition of men and women of all ages and political persuasions: liberal-leaning centrists, democrats, leftists, nationalists, and Islamists who accept the rules of the political game.

This drivel is beyond hilarious.I haven’t read such political hackery since CNN’s Fareed Zakaria claimed the Afghanistan War was already won back in January of 2009.

Anyone paying attention knows that the Arab spring has been a gift from Allah for the jihadist…especially al-qaeda.
This “the revolts are from liberal-leaning centrist and mostly peaceful” was the same boilerplate dished out by the MSM while Obama was cheering on the fall of Mubarak in Egypt.The reality was that the Muslim Brotherhood and Salfist took over….casting the “liberal supporters” to the side as the jihadist took control.
Now this tool wants us to believe that Libya falling under Salfist and al-qaeda control…Egypt falling under Muslim Brotherhood control…Yemen falling under al-qaeda control….and Tunisa falling in right behind them with the jihadist taking over where it all began has somehow been a blow to al-qaeda.
That’s like saying the Giants winning the Superbowl has been a devastating blow to Football fans in New York.

…analyist across the spectrum know that just the opposite is true…the power vacuums created by the fall of these dictators has left an open door for the stronger horse to ride through:
(via Seth Jones)

These declarations of victory, however, underestimate al Qaeda’s continuing capacity for destruction. Far from being dead and buried, the terrorist organization is now riding a resurgent tide as its affiliates engage in an increasingly violent campaign of attacks across the Middle East and North Africa. And for all the admiration inspired by brave protesters in the streets from Damascus to Sanaa, the growing instability triggered by the Arab Spring has provided al Qaeda with fertile ground to expand its influence across the region.

…the Arab Spring was such a devastating blow to al-qaeda that even Bin Laden was in fear of it….
………oh wait….
……………just the opposite:

Bin Laden supported Arab spring
By Johanna Kassel in New York

He said al-Qaeda could capitalise on the revolutions, including “inciting people who have not yet revolted and exhort them to rebel against the rulers” and calling for jihadis to unite in a broader media campaign to that point.

…wow….what a surprise that Bin Laden would see the same opportunities in the Arab Spring that many Conservatives….foreign intelligence officials …..and pretty much anybody with a double digit IQ could see.

FBI Counter-Terror Official: Al Qaeda ‘Thrives’ After Dictators Fall
Al Qaeda Releases New Web Video, Official Says Al Qaeda in Yemen More Dangerous Than Osama Bin Laden’s ‘Core’ Group
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/fbi-counterterror-official-al-qaeda-thrives-dictators-fall/story?id=13386531

On the same day reports emerged of a new al Qaeda video that praised the revolutions sweeping the Arab world, one the U.S.’s top counter-terror officials warned the terror organization “thrives” in the political unrest that follows.

…As we have seen with the spread of al-qaeda’s influence and power throughout the region….they have actually gotten stronger due to the Arab Spring…not weaker.

…and they know just who to think for helping with these golden opportunities being handed to them on a silver platter:

EDITORIAL: Al Qaeda to Obama: Thanks
Toppling Arab governments feeds Islamist revolution
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/30/al-qaeda-to-obama-thanks/print/

President Obama’s advisers give him credit for energizing the Arab revolts and saving the Libyan rebels. For al Qaeda’s leadership, this is all a gift from Allah.

Al Qaeda central’s views are detailed in the latest issue of their English-language propaganda magazine Inspire, which features a special section on “The Revolution.” American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki writes in an essay entitled “The Tsunami of Change” that, “Our mujahideen brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and the rest of the Muslim world will get a chance to breathe again after three decades of suffocation. For the scholars and activists of Egypt to be able to speak again freely, it would represent a great leap forward for the mujahideen.”
Al Qaeda has always recognized that the greatest obstacles to jihadist progress in the Middle East were what they call the “apostate regimes,” the generally pro-Western kings and authoritarian rulers who have kept a lid on violent extremists like al Qaeda and other groups. As these regimes totter and fall, the conditions are being created for the kind of radical change the Islamists have been working towards for decades.

As bad as the Mubarak’s and Qaddafi’s were….they are no where near as dangerous as handing these oil rich countries over to the jihadist who will now be able to finance their goals for supremacy with billions of dollars not available to them before.
Now we are handing them Afghanistan to.

Obama’s legacy will be that the jihadst have gained more power and control during his Presidency than at any time in modern History.

Baxter Greene on May 13, 2012 at 7:18 PM