“Make no mistake, we will close Guantanamo prison, which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-Qaeda,” he said.
“In fact, that was an explicit rationale for the formation of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.“
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula first came to prominence in Saudi Arabia in May 2003. There is absolutely no proof that Gitmo had anything to do with the group’s formation. The first operational leader of AQAP was killed in June 2003.
One of these days somebody in the press corp is going to remember they're supposed to be an actual reporter and nail Gibbs or The One himself to the wall on this crap. It'll be fun to watch.
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By time they get around to doing that, nobody will be looking at whatever rag they are writing for so nobody will give a damn.
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