Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tried during this afternoon’s press briefing to draw a distinction between al Qaeda and the Taliban. While it’s hardly a sure thing, it’s possible that such a distinction might foreshadow a shift in U.S. strategy focusing more on counterinsurgency against al Qaeda than traditional military operations against the Taliban.
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