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i thought we were fighting a war on terror? that means we go after terrorists no matter where they are
Hah - you'd think. Until you bothered to read what we actually authorized, which are pretty much AQ and Affiliates. So, al-Shabab? Well, they declared for AQ a while back. Taliban? Yup, they are definitely an affiliate, as technically AQ has declared fealty to them rather than the other way 'round. Haqqani Network? Yup, same story. AQIM? Yup, they were good enough to put it in the name and everything. But Boko Haram? Nope. ISIL? Nope, they split off. Lebanese Hezbollah? Nope, not even Sunni. Hamas? Nope, hunting them would feel too pro-Israeli-ish. New People's Army? Nope, I mean, they're communists and fighting communists is like, so mid twentieth century.....
etc. so on and so forth. Ansar Al Sharia? ...... maybe? We still haven't bothered to go after the guy who hit Benghazi, after all. Just because someone is willing to kill us doesn't mean that our fearless leader is willing or can be bothered to go kill them.