Bush the Jihadist: How the World was Plunged into an Apocalyptic War...

'For George W Bush’s proclaimed “global war on terror”, this has been a week to remember - but also a week that should make us challenge the basic assumptions behind this so-called “war”.

Last Tuesday, the world commemorated the sixth anniversary of 9/11, when the ultimate totems of America’s capitalist pride, the 110-story Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, were attacked by Al Qaeda terrorists using hijacked airliners as guided missiles, and then, with the world watching on TV, collapsed one by one like broken Lego.

It was this stunning event which goaded President Bush into declaring his “global war on terror”.

But the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was nothing like Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when the entire American battle fleet was sunk or crippled by a mass air attack by another great power, Japan.

No matter how sensational its impact, 9/11 still remains a terrorist outrage perpetrated by a mere 19 men armed with Stanley knives.

Nor had the attack been masterminded, like Pearl Harbor, by the government of a foreign state, but simply by an Islamist fanatic and a handful of co-conspirators.

So for Bush to declare “war” on Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda was actually to exaggerate their importance - and glorify their actions. Worse, it was his declaration of “war” that led in 2001 to the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and, in 2003, to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.'

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/15/3864

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