Pepe Escobar in The Asia Times

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"Three years after September 11, President George W Bush's crusade is a failure. "War on terror" is a meaningless myth: you can't combat a supple attack machine like al-Qaeda with shock and awe. What should have been a long, meticulous police operation was turned by Bush - instigated by his foreign policy adviser, God - into an illegal, preemptive attack on a nation that had nothing to do with terror.

"This policy has actually increased terror attacks around the world."

Comments

[marginaleye.livejournal.com]

How many Jewish Americans are there?

How many Arab Americans are there?

What are the relative birth-rates of these two groups?

I wonder how closely American politicans are eyeing these numbers.

I think Israel could survive a neo-Caliphate, but it would have to either do hideous things, or make serious territorial concessions and probably pay reparations of some sort, to somebody.

[winegodeatsyou.livejournal.com]

I have been asking what real use does Israel have unless one has a Jewish or relatively Fundamentalist Christian perspective. I know the Neo-Con defense is that it necessary as a stragetic ally; however, that doesn't make sense due to the fact that most of our problems in the region actually stem from our support of Israel not matter how fascist they act.