Bush administration makes new enemies daily
Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
08/14/06
Jamaat ud Dawa is the perfect example of the type of local and regional insurgent group the United States government continues to add to the U.S. terrorism list in the name of the 'global war on terror.' Yet, because these groups don't start out with an anti-U.S. focus, the U.S. government is endangering its own citizens by making new enemies needlessly. The United States cannot and should not -- for the security of its own people -- help every government put down threats from local insurgents and terrorists. India and Pakistan do need to solve the Kashmir problem, and the United States might even be able to help mediate a settlement, since it now has a loose alliance with both nations. But labeling Kashmiri groups as 'terrorists' does nothing for any future U.S. role as an honest broker in the dispute...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1789
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Ivan Eland
08/14/06
Jamaat ud Dawa is the perfect example of the type of local and regional insurgent group the United States government continues to add to the U.S. terrorism list in the name of the 'global war on terror.' Yet, because these groups don't start out with an anti-U.S. focus, the U.S. government is endangering its own citizens by making new enemies needlessly. The United States cannot and should not -- for the security of its own people -- help every government put down threats from local insurgents and terrorists. India and Pakistan do need to solve the Kashmir problem, and the United States might even be able to help mediate a settlement, since it now has a loose alliance with both nations. But labeling Kashmiri groups as 'terrorists' does nothing for any future U.S. role as an honest broker in the dispute...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1789
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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