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Finally, no one disagrees that we must address the root causes of terrorism. However, American counterterrorism policy must not be a zero-sum game. We must pursue both objectives—addressing terrorism??s causes and protecting ourselves from threats already in motion—with utmost vigor. Obama’s decision to reauthorize the Patriot Act validates its crucial role as an integral element of this effort...
...ideology of Islam, or rather a belief system with an inadequate basis in a belief system with no basis in reality. So you can see why someone who prizes rationality would have a problem with that. And Amis minces no words.Islamism, that deranged mania, is the fuel to terrorism??s apparently unstoppable machine. “It is not merely violent in tendency,” Amis writes. “Violence is all that is there.” It is a despicable yet undeniably powerful state of mind, one that swallows up all other thought.In...
...four-year freeze on arms sales to that country imposed by then-President Carter because of serious human rights violations. Rios Montt has done nothing to deserve the trust that such a change in U.S. policy would indicate. New elections, promised by the Guatemalan leader, are still unsure, and terrorism??particularly from rightist death squads—continues to plague the country. Reagan’s desire—announced during his trip—to send more guns to Guatemala would only make the situation worse. Also last spring, the White House denounced as untrue a story...
What some claim to be the root causes of terrorism??poverty, disease, political instability, and hopelessness—do not tell the entire story. If these problems offered sufficient explanations for terrorist action, sub-Saharan Africa would be teeming with terrorists, and the 9/11 hijackers would have hailed from the most impoverished sectors of their societies. In reality, terrorist cells in destitute areas of Africa are rare, and the members of al-Qaeda who executed the terrorist attack in 2001 predominately hailed from well-to-do families...
...Supreme Court, jailing judges, and putting off steps toward a new election, Musharraf has silenced private media. If Musharraf has any twinge of desire for redeeming himself, he needs to align his actions with his rhetoric. Silencing and detaining opposition is not the way to avoid being subject to terrorism??it is a step toward terrorism. Musharraf should end emergency rule immediately, reinstate the judiciary, and hold elections as soon as possible in the new year as originally promised. Only then will Musharraf be living up to his words, and only then will Pakistan have any hope...