Heart-breaking, I tell you.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb intended this desert country to serve as a base for its jihad across Africa. But in the towns Islamist fighters occupied and recently abandoned, the insurgency wasn’t able to keep its African allies from angering locals they were supposed to woo.
Perhaps they could use a little propaganda help from the American press, who either finds nothing bad to say about them or pretends that they don’t exist.
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PJ Media senior columnist and associate editor Stephen Kruiser is a professional stand-up comic, writer, and recovering political activist who edits and writes PJ's Morning Briefing, aka The Greatest Political Newsletter in America. His latest book, Straight Outta Feelings, is a humorous exploration of how the 2016 election made him enjoy politics more than he ever had before. When not being a reclusive writer, Kruiser has had the honor of entertaining U.S. troops all over the world. Follow on: X, MeWe, GETTR.
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