the situation of "terrorism" is much more complicated than the view presented in U.S. and Isreali state policy. Any view of "terrorism" has to include the situations that feul it. One view of the socalled 'terrorist" is that it's a last ditch means of resistance for a humiliated and oppressed people. Fact: prior to the gulf war Hussein was comitting his worst atrocities against the Iraqi people (for ex. the gassing of the kurds) largely with U.S. support....at the time he was the U.S's "kind of guy". since the gulf war the U.S. has stead- fastly refused to give ant sort of assistance to any any anti Hussein elements. while at the same time enforcing policies like economic sanction that only commit itense harm against the iraqi people which only reinforces Husseins power over the region. FACT: the U.S. fully supports Isreal in their policies of state terrorism, ethnic cleansing, aparthied etc. even to the extent where the leaders of the palestinian resistance are gun downed with sophisticated U.S helicopters and other weapons. FACT: the islamic jihad and HAMAS in palestine was created by the isreali government to discredit the secular palestinian authority. which fortunately backfired as it's forced Isreal to negotiate with the palestinian authority. Essentially meaning isreal wanted terrorism and subsequently got much more than they bargained for. FACT the majority of the countries in rhe region are U.S. client states (isreal egypt, saudi arabia, formerly iraq and iran) "client state" meaning subordinate to U.S interests. a situation where the U.S. can control and exploit the engery rich resouces of that region. which hardly benefits the arab people...but that goes without saying. FACT U.S mid east policy much like the drug war in central and south america has done nothing but supply a not incosiderable amount of fuel for the fire in respect to islamic militants. the Taliban is the perfect example. without these policies islamic militants would be hard pressed to find any support among the arab population. meanig theses policies are pushing arab citizens away from demacratic elements that support diplomatic solutions and support self determination like the palestinian authority and towards militant fundamentalist factions. very simply the U.S. and Isreal wanted "terrorism" and subsequently got it. and now the government is using the WTC attacks to manipulate the american population into supporting an escalation of the same policies that bred terrorism in the first place. The rhetoric is hardly even disguised as bush speaks of nothing but "winning" as if it were a football game. That's exactly what it's becoming a situation where the U.S condems all "terrorist" acts EXCEPT IT"S OWN, simply only when it's convienant for them to do and they have been doing this for years. ~jason pierce some good links for accurate information http://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/toc-pal-isr-primer.html http://www.zmag.org/
