Boston bombs: Obama lulled America into false confidence over terror threat

4.21.13

"The war on terror cannot be fought at an arm's length - and the attacks on Boston have brought uncertainty back to American streets", writes Peter Foster.

In his State of the Union address to the American people earlier this year, Barack Obama declared that he was "confident" of achieving "our objective of defeating the core of al-Qaeda".

Although he acknowledged the need to pursue the "remnants" of the terrorist group and its affiliates, the overall message was clear – al-Qaeda was badly degraded, the tides of war were receding and the US was winning this fight that was no longer even officially a war.

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