Only one senior al Qaeda leader left. And what that means.

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18. You're banking on some future configuration of the "right court" making a logical judgement

which I don't think is a sure thing at all, even with Obama selecting more Dem replacements. I believe the MIC has their tentacles even into SCOTUS to say nothing of the reams of conservative judges Bush installed.

I think the US war machine is too deeply entrenched in the halls of power and they'll seize any opportunity to keep the AUMF in place. Fact is AQ is far from dead. Sure, they may not be of the same lethality as Bin Ladin's group but they're lethal enough. I'd place a bet that their current threat level is more than enough for the war mongers to justify AUMF. Beyond that, I haven't seen anything that convinces me Obama wants an end to our war mongering either or that he wants to "end our long national nightmare of terror".