Who is the enemy?

I know we still have Americans being killed and wounded, but I’m having a problem trying to understand who the enemy is…

 
Special Inspector General John Sopko said in his report that, despite his recommendation that the Army cut ties with at least 43 contractors – “including supporters of the Taliban, the Haqqani network and al Qaeda” – the Army refused in every case.

From the report:
Contract oversight must become a top priority to policy planners or else we will repeat the mistakes of the past and waste taxpayer money.
…The Army Suspension and Debarment Office appears to believe that suspension or debarment of these individuals and companies would be a violation of their due process rights if based on classified information or if based on findings by the Department of Commerce.
I am deeply troubled that the U.S. military can pursue, attack, and even kill terrorists and their supporters, but that some in the U.S. government believe we cannot prevent these same people from receiving a government contract. I feel such a position is not only legally wrong, it is contrary to good public policy and contrary to our national security goals in Afghanistan. I continue to urge you to change this faulty policy and enforce the rule of common sense in the Army’s suspension and debarment program.

In other words, Sopko has a fundamental problem with the Army going after terrorists while simultaneously propping them up with remunerative contracts for goods and services. So why doesn’t the government?

Then there are these quotes:
“I said we’d refocus on the people that actually attacked us on 9/11 and today, al-Qaida is on the run and bin Laden is dead.” — Barack Hussein Obama, stump speech in Miami, Oct. 11, 2012 

“High-level people from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are talking about a major attack.” – U.S. Representative and House Intelligence committee member C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-Md.) on ABC’s “This Week,” Aug. 4

“This is the most serious threat that I’ve seen in the last several years. There’s been an awful lot of chatter out there” among terrorists planning attacks. – Senator and Intelligence Committee member Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Aug. 4

We’ve been told Al-Qaida was responsible for the original 9/11 attacks and that we’ve fought and are fighting a 12-year-long war in Afghanistan and fought an eight-plus year war in Iraq to defeat them. We currently have assets fighting them in Pakistan, Syria, several African countries and probably in some places we haven’t heard about. But the U.S. Army is paying al-Qaida-affiliated companies — companies with ties to the Afghan insurgency, the Taliban, Haqqani network and al-Qaida — while fighting those same al-Qaida and Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

Yet when al-Qaida rose up to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, U.S. and NATO assets covered for them and supplied them with arms. And when al-Qaida rose up to overthrow Bashar Assad in Syria, Obama signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for them. Senators like John McCain and Lindsey Graham have called for even more support, including a no-fly zone, which is an overt act of war.

The United States was running arms to al-Qaida in Syria through the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Al-Qaida attacked the consulate and killed four Americans there. But Obama said they didn’t.
Those al-Qaida operatives being supported by the U.S. have gassed civilians, beheaded Christians and burned them in churches, and even eaten the heart of a vanquished enemy.

Now, we’re told an attack on the scale of the original 9/11 attack is eminent; and it’s coming from al-Qaida. It could be in the United States. It could be anywhere. Our embassies and diplomatic posts have closed in 19 countries. Graham says al-Qaida has been on steroids since the Benghazi attack, and he’s scared.

This is all very confusing.