Monday, November 29, 2004

how many times have we been lied to again?

Terrorism & Security | csmonitor.com: "Late on the Wednesday afternoon before the Thanksgiving holiday, the US Defense Department released a report by the Defense Science Board that is highly critical of the administration's efforts in the war on terror and in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
'Muslims do not hate our freedom, but rather they hate our policies [the report says]. The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights, and the long-standing, even increasing, support for what Muslims collectively see as tyrannies, most notably Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan and the Gulf states. Thus, when American public diplomacy talks about bringing democracy to Islamic societies, this is seen as no more than self-serving hypocrisy.'"

1 comment:

mochi said...

I agree they don't hate our freedom. Considering the US supported Bin Laden during the Afghan War and Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war I'm not surprised these people are a tad conflicted about whether we should be trusted. Now unfortunately the damage has been done and with each day of occupation and each puppet government placed in power the citizens realize the American government does not have their best interests at heart. Unfortunately I don't have a solution to this mess but on the current path each day takes us further from a chance for a meaningful resolution.