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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

The US-Led Global War on Terrorism Has Succeeded… In Creating More Global Terrorism

Author:     Jon Queally
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     Monday, September 17, 2018
 Link: The US-Led Global War on Terrorism Has Succeeded… In Creating More Global Terrorism
Stephan:   Beginning with the Viet Nam War, although one could go back to the Philippines and Cuba, or even native Americans come to that, the United States has pursued an imperialist geopolitical policy that has benefited no one except the uber-rich who own and control the American military-intelligence-industrial complex. Well over a trillion dollars has been spent on these ill-conceived policies in the last 17 years. Money that could and should have gone into creating universal healthcare, rebuilding infrastructure, fostering social wellbeing, and preparing for climate change. And the result of these imperialist policies? Broken countries, millions of lives destroyed, and much of the Middle East left with failed governments. Here is the story.

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team kicks in the door of a building during a cordon and search in Buhriz, Iraq,
Credit: Flickr / U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

In the 17 years since the events of Sept. 11 2001, after which the United States declared a “global war on terror,” there has not been a terrorist attack of similar size or magnitude on American soil.

However, according to findings in a new congressionally mandated report by the United States Institute of Peace—authored by members of a federal task force focused on extremism—nations around the world have suffered a five-fold increase in terrorist attacks following the post-9/11 policies unleashed by the U.S. and its allies.

The focus of the report—titled Beyond the Homeland: Protecting America from Extremism in Fragile States—maintains a very U.S.-centric worldview. And while it does little or nothing to critically challenge the widely criticized policies pursued by the Bush, Obama, or Trump presidencies, its tabulation of the dramatic rise in destablized states and growing terrorist […]

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