Just who are we supposed to be fighting anyhow?

Amid all the debate about Iraq, we shouldn't lose the bigger picture, the fact that we're losing the bigger war.

U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Associated Press has learned.....

Counterterrorism analysts produced the document, titled "Al-Qaida better positioned to strike the West.".....

Al-Qaida is "considerably operationally stronger than a year ago" and has "regrouped to an extent not seen since 2001," the official said, paraphrasing the report's conclusions. "They are showing greater and greater ability to plan attacks in Europe and the United States."

Oh, and in that country where we're supposedly fighting Al Qaeda....

While the military has maintained that al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq, by any number of measures the terror group and its affiliates are as strong as ever, and June was the most violent month since the start of the war, a senior U.S. military official told ABC News.

"Despite our successes in taking out leaders and infrastructure," said the official, "al Qaeda's operational capability appears to be undiminished."

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