07-12-2008, 05:00 PM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:...
According to the media, the enemy is Al Qaeda, the illusory "outside enemy " which has its operational bases in the tribal areas and North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Washington's self-proclaimed holy mandate under the "Global War on Terrorism" is to take out bin Laden and extirpate Islamic fundamentalism.
America's right to intervene militarily inside Pakistan in violation of Pakistan's sovereignty is therefore upheld.
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Great article Peter. I remain unconvinced, as I've stated before that there is any such thing as "al qaida" as an actual terrorist force independent of the US gov't. It's the boogieman du jour.
As Steven Colbert said about Bob Graham's book--World at Risk--on a recent episode, it fills "the fear vacuum."
The only thing the gov't has to fear is fearlessness itself.