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War on Terror or War of Terror.
Lets look at the facts, The two Middle East american wars have killed more than 250 000 civilians.
One country, Iraq, never attacked america nor did it show any intention to, and the other country, Afghanistan (if one could consider it a country) had one of its factions use its American CIA training and funding to attack a building in america killing 3000 people.
So all the current conflict trace back to being of american responsibility.
SpartanMSU
Yep, it's America's fault that terrorists and insurgents hide themselves amongst civilians.
Thats called gurrilla warfare and it should be expected.. You make it sound like no one ever does it, the point being when you are facing a vastly superior enemy you are going to have to try every advantage you can to win.. This is not new nor is it ground breaking.
It's our fault they they intentionally blow themselves up in crowded markets with civilians.
Partially it is when we have supported regimes like the Shah, or show unswaying support for countries like Israel even after they committed warcrimes by surrounding and bombing Beirut.. What we have seen for the past few decades is a extreme tangent towards terrorism because thats all these types of groups have left to fight against threats they percieve in the Middle East.. Alot of it has to do with Israel though, and in the US's own blindness they supported them solely for Cold War purposes unquestionably.
It's our fault that that they want to cleanse the world of "infidels".
Many are not like that though.. The vast majority of insurgeants within Iraq for instance the United States was able to buy off and arm to fight AQ.. Furthermore when the United States and Great Britian were trying to stomp down on Arab nationalism and communism in the Middle East, they completely ignored the Islamic extremists that were growing within the Middle East.. Iran is pure example of this.. During 1953 the MI6 and the CIA overthrew the democratically elected president Mosadeq in Iran, due to him kicking out the oil companies that he felt was ripping off the Iranian people of profits.. They conviently declared him a communist days later and overthrew him.. Who they put in his stead was the incompetent, corrupt, and brutal dictator the Shah.. Who destroyed all opposition except the Islamic extremist front which he didn't think was much of a threat..
It's our fault that they're fundamentalist religious psychos that think all of their problems are caused by other people, and not themselves. As Obama said, "we will judge you on nowtwhat you destroy, but you can create".
This is a oversimplification.. Much of the situation in the Middle East is directly related with the actions of the West for the past 100 years.. During the first half of the 1900s, countries like France and Great Britain with imperialist intentions went after the Middle Eastern nations, namely the Ottoman Empire.. After World War 1, mandates were implaced which was basically imperialism disguised as nation building (sound familiar?).. One of the largest causes of fricition during this time was the increasing Zionist movement, which make no mistake is a aggressive movement.. With that the Jews who moved in the Palestine mandate were able to garner much greater support from the British rule and snuffed out the Palestiains who were basically trampled under by foreign policy.. This was basically what happen for the years up intill 1948...
During the Cold War the United States did a number in the region by supporting and arming a aggressive and land hungry Israeli government (1973 war nearly lead to a nuclear confrontation between the two super powers that were drawn into the region)..
There are alot of factors that have to do with the middle east.. And I think its nieve and ignorant to suggest that the West has absolutely no fault in the matter when they have been apart of Middle Eastern policy since the end of the Napoleanic war.
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