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The Bush "War on Terrorism" is Not Like the War Against Fascism and Nazism
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 16 Viewers|  faithfulprogressive 2006-08-31 04:03:45 Publish:The war against Nazism and Fascism began in Europe in September, 1939 when Nazi-controlled Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. As Wikipedia notes: Vast areas of Europe and North Africa, as well as the oceans, became battlefields. The German Blitzkrieg rapidly overwhelmed Poland in 1939, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and France in 1940, and Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941. By summer 1941, Germany had conquered France and most of Western Europe, but it had failed to subdue Britain. The attack of September 11th was undertaken by 20 committed criminals who were part of an international terrorist conspiracy that Bush Administration foolishly dismissed when they came into office. Their failure to understand this threat was in large part responsible for its success in that attack. The war to remove the Taliban made sense as a response that prevented this group from having control of a state. This move had broad international and domestic support. The war in Iraq did not, because it did not make strategic sense. The war in Iraq has expanded the reach of this international terrorist criminal organization and greatly destabilized and inflamed sectarian tensions throughout the region. This recent Boston Globe piece No Win by Andrew J. Bacevich summarizes the war on terror and alternative strategies. Over the past five years, the quasi-permanent ``war on terror," as conceived by the Bush administration and generally endorsed by the government of Israel, has enjoyed a fair trial. During that period, it has bred widespread anti-Americanism, generated sympathy for the Islamist cause, and provided ``the terrorists" with a ready supply of recruits. To continue down this path will only produce more of the same. If the ``global war on terror" is unwinnable as currenty conceived, what is to be done? For the United States, here's a five-point alternative strategy. First, terminate actions that are self-evidently counterproductive, above all by extricating ourselves in an orderly way from Iraq. Second, revive in modified form the Cold War principles of containment and deterrence, incorporating explicit security guarantees for Israel, much as the United States has long guaranteed the security of Europe, Japan, and South Korea. Third, initiate a new Manhattan Project to develop alternative sources of energy, thereby increasing US freedom of action and reducing the flow of wealth to the Persian Gulf, wealth that ends up subsidizing the Islamist cause. Fourth, through police action, in collaboration with our allies, redouble efforts to dismantle the organizations comprising the radical Islamist network. Fifth, patiently nurture liberalizing tendencies within the Islamic world, not by preaching or threats of regime change, but by demonstrating at home and inviting Muslims abroad to witness, the manifest advantages of freedom and democracy. This alternative strategy will also entail costly exertions over a long period of time. Unlike the current ``war on terror," however, it promises to be affordable and sustainable, while holding out the prospect of delivering success in the long run.
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