It is inconceivable a country would initiate and conduct full blown 'war ' on a tactic. During the eight years of George Bush's presidency America entered into two very costly, long and bloody wars against an intangible method of violent protest. The enemy was not a large well equipt or well financed army fighting for a country instead it consisted of perhaps as many as twenty thousand world-wide followers with no country and no mechanized force to match America. There are no defined battlefields and no rules of war or treaty obligations apply as neither war is defined as modern warfare in the traditional sense. It is ruthless, it is unpredictable and conformation is non existent. The US committed a couple of hundred thousand troops, untold thousands of private contractors and as much as 1.5 trillion dollars so far fighting a war that can not be won by either side.
The very nature of the dispute is based upon ideology, a certain desperation with the Great Satan and an overwhelming desire for changes in America's foreign policies to include an equity that does not exist today. In many ways America and its policies created a monster in the Middle East. Dissatisfaction with and hatred of US foreign policy since the second world war contributed to such dissatisfaction organized terrorist groups emerged in retaliation. In order to defeat terrorism the root causes must be examined and the offending instigators must be removed otherwise terror on grand scales will never cease.
Is it possible America created her own enemies through her social, human and territorial inequities practiced and financed in the Middle East? Is it possible modern terror can be traced to the treatment of Palestine and Palestinians? Thinking otherwise is stupid and without reason. If honesty, fairness, humanity and compassion had prevailed during the haste to create Israel in the heart of Palestine conditions would not have existed to support the birth and development of terrorist movements. Somehow the world has forgotten that many causes throughout history are referred to by members as freedom fighting while the other side holding the power calls it terrorism.
The American Revolution began as a movement originally considered treason or terror by the English but was an ideal for which revolutionaries fought the crown until freedom was achieved. The revolutionaries employed numerous tactics which England was unfamiliar as such did not conform to acceptable forms of warfare. Raids, hit and run attacks, trickery and unpredictable methods of attack helped America achieve freedom and should have provided an indicator that these same methods would someday be used against them should America behave as the English crown did.
In no way can terror tactics, the murder of innocents or great upheaval be condoned but, the despair that accompanies injustice left unaddressed by the powerful leads to measures of redress that do not conform to the acceptable. In other words decades of abuse, genocide and entrapment within perimeters established by the UN, America and the Israeli psyche are responsible for the creation of Hamas, Hezbollah and other groups. By ignoring this fact the powerful deny reality and deserve whatever actions are taken by the oppressed.
Unless there is a resolve to the unbearable existence of Palestinians terror will not stop. Liberty, justice and a return to land ownership without walls and barbed wire would certainly be a step in the right direction. Imagine American citizens herded into camps denied the basic necessities of life and void of any hope for the future how long would they remain confined without rising up in desperation? That the conditions forced upon Palestinian people has not been properly addressed by any government or world body is beyond belief. That Israel treats Palestinians in a manner too similar to the way Hitler treated them is unforgivable and unless changed will lead to horrors as yet unexpected by the world community.
Power corrupts absolutely and no better example exists than the treatment of Palestine by Israel. Hatred and discrimination is perpetrated against Jews precisely because of the situation prevailing today. That this has been disregarded by America, Israel and others in positions of power is cruel and encourages its continuation. If I were a Palestinian I would join the fight without any regard for my life because a life confined by a lack of freedom is no life at all. Why, was it so easy to dismiss the terror tactics employed by the Jews in their fight for a homeland? It is historical fact that many unorthodox and terror type actions were utilized in their struggle and the powers that be deny and refuse to accept that caged people fight back.
Why was it so necessary to pursue the stealing of Palestine with haste and determination yet no one is prepared to do the same for Palestinian people. Why?
How long is the stagnation, deprivation and confinement of Palestine going to continue when there are so many signs that unless change is affected terror will increase. If America is really interested in defeating terrorism America must alter its manifest destiny foreign policy and concentrate on solving the Palestinian condition. Speed and determination will save lives, will improve the human condition and will eventually lead to a lasting peace. As measures to officially recognize Palestine have not been taken by the powers that be it is abundantly obvious America, Israel and the world community will continue to reap what they sew. If the Middle East is successful in its fight for democracy you can be assured the Palestinian condition will be addressed by their Muslim brothers and America and Israel will not be able to withstand the overwhelming battle that lies ahead as equality and justice will prevail. Just how many will die and how much destruction will have to happen in order to free Palestine. If America and Israel really want to stop terrorism then both countries better realize the consequences of not pursuing acceptable solutions.
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