Does Al - Qaida Matter NOW ?

Guardian: Article on the present state of Islamic terrorism. The problem for President Obama and UK PM Brown it can be argued that in many respects the terrorism of 9/11 was defeated by the tough tactics of Bush 43, the USA military removed the supporters of Al - Qaida the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the CIA lets be honest here used torture, it worked. Thus the USA manged over the years through overt and covert military force to break up Islamic threats. That's the perception, of course the terrorists hit back thus 7/7 and the plots to to down airplanes on the way to the USA. The Guardian article points out that the command and control of Al - Qaida due to the constant US military pressure has been broken, thus new attacks to use a term used these days, is a franchise, the same ideology but not with direct links back to Al - Qaida, or if links very hard to prove. Thus we come to today, the USA and the UK are in Afghanistan, who are fighting the Taliban, it can be argued that Al - Qaida as a presence is in Pakistan, thus we are fighting the Taliban, thus we are in a civil war within Afghanistan. If it was just a civil war that was the issue the West could leave Afghanistan to its bloody fate, but then there is Pakistan. The Taliban of Pakistan are a threat to the secular government of Pakistan, and Pakistan has the bomb. Thus is dark ironic way the War in Afghanistan has nothing to do with Afghanistan, its about Pakistan, if the West was to leave Afghanistan the Taliban of Afghanistan and Pakistan could attack Pakistan from bases within Afghanistan, thus the War in Afghanistan is not a positive war, its not about building up Afghanistan, but that is by product of Western presence it about making sure that the Taliban does not keep bases in Afghanistan as to attack Pakistan. Thus as is held by security services that Al - Qaida is in Pakistan, is it a threat, of course, its a terrorists cell structure, thus it only takes about half dozen men to change the world, as happened eight years ago today. That's the sad part of this War, it will never end, it will be a constant military and police struggle, that's the fate of the 21 Century that was born on 9/11. Read of the Day.