Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Blair condemns Israel and opens rift with US: "We condemn the targeted assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi just as we condemn all terrorism, including that perpetrated by Hamas"
Exactly. This is what the Bush administration should be saying too--if it really was serious about stopping terrorism. If it was serious, it would object to all terrorism, including that by Israel. Seems many Americans don't realize that terrorism can be an act of a state. It's not just Arab muslims or IRA extremists or ETA. Terror is the use of force to intimidate and polarize. We should be very cautious about our war on terror, in case it perpetrates terrorism.
Since Bush always defends Israel's right to self-defence after these illegal assasinations, one can only assume he thinks terrorism is fine for his friends. It's only a problem when someone he doesn't like does it.
What that tells me is that he is using the war on terror as a smokescreen, to justify the policies that he otherwise would have pursued anyway.
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