Now this makes sense. Klare usually does.
:-)
-cb
-----Original Message----- From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:09 PM To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com; Politics Subject: Wonking: Asking "Why"
can ya tell? i'm doing research on that anti-terrorism book! :)
<paste> Conclusion:
So I think that we have to take a different approach, based on coordinated, unrelenting international police work aimed at identifying bin Laden's cells and eradicating them one by one. At the same time, we will have to conduct a moral crusade against Bin Laden, portraying HIM as the enemy of Islam, on the grounds that no TRUE believer in the Islamic tradition could take innocent human lives in this manner. To succeed at this, however, we will have to reassess U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf, showing more sympathy for the Arab Muslim masses and calling on the Saudi regime to announce a timetable for democratization and the provision of basic human rights. Only when Saudi citizens are allowed to express their grievances in a lawful, peaceful manner will it be possible to eliminate the threat of anti-American jihad.
(A preliminary analysis of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, and its implications for U.S. foreign & military policy. Based on a talk given by Michael Klare, <mklare at hampshire.edu>,
Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., on September 13, 2001.)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0109why.html