Rashid: Afghanistan Imperiled

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Sep 28 10:02:24 PDT 2002


Carrol Cox wrote:


>Another of my earliest responses to 9/11 was that I was worried it would
>provides support for those political currents that believe in terrorism
>-- and I agree with the orthodox Marxist condemnation of terrorism as a
>strategy or tactic. And so far 9/11 is proving an extremely effective
>tactic for AQ and other reactionary forces in the Arab world.

Has it? Do we really know that? I've seen claims to the contrary - that AQ is on the run and not recruiting new members - but who knows? Does anyone?

Doug



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