Check Your Facts!

"The President said twice that "75 percent" of al Qaida leaders have been "brought to justice." But as The Associated Press reported Oct. 1, Bush was referring to the deaths or arrests of 75 percent of bin Laden's network at the time of the September 11 attacks -- not those who are running the terrorist organization today. The AP also reported that the CIA said earlier in the year two-thirds of those leaders are gone; at his acceptance speech in September, Bush increased his count to three-fourths based on unreleased intelligence data.

Furthermore, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies reported May 25 that the occupation of Iraq has helped Al Qaeda recruit more members. The institute quoted "conservative" intelligence estimates as saying that Al Qaeda has 18,000 potential operatives and is present in more than 60 countries."

Well I guess the second presidential debate should be confusing and misleading to many. Both participants made some wrong statements and its sad that nobody really works hard on the news to correct these things. Anyways a great website that has been mentioned in the news and has even been a place where John Kerry has gotten some of his information is factcheck.org or "Factcheck.com" according to our Vice President. It sounds really disturbing that not only is the "War on Terror" not seem to be working so well but in fact it may even be losing the battle. A lot of the terrorists in the Middle East are saying America has declared a war on Islam to increase there recruitment numbers, which isn't too far fetched since the President has said in the past that he will lead America on a "Crusade" against Terror, or something to that effect. Although many of the Al Qaeda leaders have been killed one should understand that those leadership positions are filled when they are emptied. I just hope elections in Iraq go better than did the recently held election in Afghanistan.