Steve Perry: What Is To Be Done? “There are lots of Americans who would like an alternative to prolonged war. Is there one?”
- Counter the two big lies that undergird Desert Storm II:
- That the enemy is religious zealotry, and the zealots hate the U.S. because it is a free society.
- That with sufficient military resolve, the United States can smother terrorism in its cradle.
- That the enemy is religious zealotry, and the zealots hate the U.S. because it is a free society.
- First bin Laden. Directly guilty or not, his elimination is a foregone conclusion. So genuflect to his pursuit by a clumsy spy satellite game of Where’s Waldo? and cheer his eventual demise. Grunt a lot in public about the evils of terrorism, but meanwhile take steps in the background to retool U.S. Mideast policy:
- Take a step back from sponsorship of Israeli aggressions against the Palestinians.
- Likewise, back away from the unconditional support of Arab client regimes that repress their own people in the name of continuing U.S. control of the region’s oil supply. CounterPunch
- Take a step back from sponsorship of Israeli aggressions against the Palestinians.
