Time will tell ..... sounds good

How completely irresponsible to make such a statement as this. In my opinion, they are as much, or more of a threat than ever. Obama is creating "political rhetoric" that certainly could come back to haunt him. NO ONE knows how great a threat "they" are, because no one knows who all "they" are. I think that "they" are everywhere, and no one knows who they are. 

In a press conference at the White House East Room on Friday, President Obama said that the “core” of Al Qaeda was on its heels but that the terrorist group had “metastasized” into a different sort of threat.

“They have the capacity,” he said, “to go after our embassies… to go after our businesses… to be destabilizing and disruptive in countries where the security apparatus is weak.”

Obama said that it was consistent to believe that this “tightly organized” Al Qaeda that attacked us on 9/11 has been “broken apart” and is “very weak,” while simultaneously claiming that the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula could still pose a serious threat.