US requires a more humble, nuanced foreign policy
Independent Institute
by Charles Pena
09/10/07
Trying to understand how Sept. 11 might have been averted requires more than a post-mortem on CIA procedures and a second look at the government’s nonexistent strategy for dealing with al- Qaida. Ultimately, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are inextricably linked to U.S. foreign policy. The Sept. 11 Commission concluded that the rising tide of anti-American Muslim hatred is fueled more by what we do — that is, by U.S. policies — than by who we are. Our values, culture and way of life are not the problem; our actions are the problem. Yet while the Sept. 11 Commission understood that point, it did not prescribe any real change in America’s post-Cold War foreign policy. If we are unable to admit that some of our policy choices are wrong, how can we hope to correct them?
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2025
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Pena
by Charles Pena
09/10/07
Trying to understand how Sept. 11 might have been averted requires more than a post-mortem on CIA procedures and a second look at the government’s nonexistent strategy for dealing with al- Qaida. Ultimately, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are inextricably linked to U.S. foreign policy. The Sept. 11 Commission concluded that the rising tide of anti-American Muslim hatred is fueled more by what we do — that is, by U.S. policies — than by who we are. Our values, culture and way of life are not the problem; our actions are the problem. Yet while the Sept. 11 Commission understood that point, it did not prescribe any real change in America’s post-Cold War foreign policy. If we are unable to admit that some of our policy choices are wrong, how can we hope to correct them?
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2025
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Pena
rudkla - 12. Sep, 15:19
