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Iraq War Created New Terror Problem, Says Prince Turki
Instead of snuffing out a terrorist threat, US President George W. Bushâs war on Iraq created a new one, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the Kingdomâs ambassador in London, said on Thursday. âWhen the United States and Britain invaded Iraq, the promise of bringing peace and security was important in the expositions of both the American and British leaderships,â Prince Turki said. âUnfortunately, that promise still has to be realized. The daily firefights, explosions and violence are making even those who believed the initial promise skeptical.â
| Or it could be that it was a problem that was there all along, that's been forced from the shadows, and that now can be dealt with. |
âInstead of removing the terrorist threat which President Bush saw in Saddamâs Iraq, we find today that Bushâs Iraq has become a magnet for terrorists,â Prince Turki said.
| Funny how that worked. We knew the Bad Guys were going to try and snatch back the bone, too. We just weren't sure how... |
Prince Turki said the world community could not afford to see Iraq remain without peace and security, noting that the Kingdom pledged $1 billion for reconstruction.
| Wow. That's a lot of madrassahs... |
The prince, a former chief of intelligence, said ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as conflicts in Chechnya, Kashmir and Iraq, was key to anti-terror efforts. âWe must not forget that terrorism is a by-product and not an alien being descended on us from a distant galaxy,â he said. âThe international community ... must realize that terrorism hijacks causes and thrives on injustice. Solve these causes and redress these injustices and we not only win peace and security, we redeem our humanity.â
| Interesting proposition. Terrorism is actually a stand-alone tool, that can be used by anyone with an agenda to push and the ability to recruit gunnies. That includes both organizations and governments. That's why terrorism in Paleostine resembles terrorism in Colombia, and both resemble terrorism in Northern Ireland. We can regard causes and injustices in the same light, as free-standing tools, available to mix and match with other tools. Specific injustices in one place are handled by bitching, moaning, argument and negotiation; in other places they're handled by the Armed Struggle⢠route. But there's an inexhaustible supply of injustices in this world. You can always find one if somehow the one you were using peters out. Presumably His Excellency knows this, since it's one of those truisms anyone over the age of 11 can figure with five minutes thought. If you go looking for "root causes" to solve a problem, you've got to find the right "root cause," otherwise you've just done a little cosmetic work. The actual "root cause" in this case isn't Chechnya, or Paleostine or Kashmir, but a willful program of international conquest using terrorism as a tool. Our ultimate target has to be the Council of Boskone/SPECTRE/The Learned Elders of Islam, even while we're fighting off the hordes of armed and dangerous lemmings that are breeding in geometric proportions, subsisting on the sustenance provided by... ummm... princes. |
Prince Turki said Saudi Arabia was not only trying to hunt down members of Al-Qaeda network, but was also âcombating the ideas that made them terrorists.â
| Actually, they're trying to fine tune things enough so they can take back control of their monster... |
In doing so the Kingdom would ensure terrorism does not manipulate Islam.
| ... but rather Islam manipulate terrorism, as it's done in the past. |
âThis is being done by educating youth and stressing the moderate nature of Muslims who reject extremism and violence and also by providing jobs and addressing economic difficulties to deny terrorism its tools for attracting citizens,â Prince Turki said.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-13 |
