America's Financial War on Terror: Fighting for Failure

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=15376

"Thousands of orphans and poor families have had their hopes, dreams and aspirations smashed by a US Administration that cares only about bogus "victories" in a quixotic war. The closure of these charities has not aided the Bush Administration in fighting terrorism, but rather it has only created an atmosphere where terrorism and extremism will flourish."

It is a key to winning any war that one knows the nature of their opponent. However, from the moment the planes hit the World Trade Center, the United States government has not only made no meaningful effort to understand the nature of its enemy but has sought to obfuscate any understanding of the causes of terrorism behind a veil of hubris and rhetoric.

Since September 11, the Bush Administration has been fighting an abstract noun: "terrorism". It has offered the simplistic explanation that September 11 and indeed all anti-American violence is simply a reaction of people who hate "democracy" and "freedom"; whilst smearing anyone who attempted to understand the root causes of anti-American terrorism as giving succour and comfort to the enemy.

The problem with refusing to understand the true causes of terrorism is that there is therefore no guarantee that the War against Terror is really a War against Terror. There is no assurance that the victories that one achieves in the war are in fact wins. It is entirely possible that in its ham-fisted attempts to eradicate terror, the United States is laying the foundation for more terror.

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