Meanwhile, in places where people are still struggling against oppression Yemen and Syria come to mind , we should help the opposition take power and restore law and order. Finally, we urgently need an American vision for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process—not just to veto Palestinian dreams.
Otherwise we risk jihadists blowing up the Egyptian and Jordanian peace treaties with Israel. Pakistan remains the epicenter of the global jihad. And while drones put pressure on militants, they also alienate civilians, creating the next generation of militants. What we have to do is assist those Pakistanis who are fighting and dying in this ongoing battle, people like Salman Taseer, the Punjab governor who courageously fought extremism before he was murdered earlier this year by his own bodyguard.
On Aug. But this time we have to get it right to avoid spending yet another decade fighting. Indyk , Kenneth G. Lieberthal , and Michael E. The crux of [America's China] strategy is to advance interests, uphold values, and strengthen cohesion with allies and partners. Zawahiri was one of the lucky ones, and he concluded while in jail that the coup failed because Egypt was massively supported by the United States, and therefore that the Egyptian regime and the other infidel Arab states will only be overthrown after the US is humiliated and forced to withdraw from the Middle East.
Then the corrupt governments can be toppled by the Muslims, the Arab states can be unified and the caliphate restored. With their control of the Arab world's oil and wealth, and large populations, al Qaeda and its followers would then be poised to rule the world.
Realistic or not, that was Zawahiris' thinking. And America - not Israel - stood in the way of that goal. Republicans do not hate America.
I am from Kabul, Afghanistan. Majority of Afghans do not hate America. Actually Pakistan hates America, but still they get alot of aid from the U. Because he grew up brainwashed to hate America. His ancestors hated America also.
PSY doesn't hate America, the money he has raked in from us has improved his view. So people assume that America is starting trouble. And some people just hate America because there culture. Most Americans are overweight. Us Americans Are America. We Don't Hate Our Selves;. Ras cardo said - His reggae will erase the hate- in America and will lead someday to a healing of the nation.
Love is the only cure for hate. Reggae teaches love for all people. No, Liberals are Americans too. They don't really hate it that much any more but I think it was because of Bush Because carrying that much hate is self- destructive I check on apex.
Generally people who run for president do not hate the country they are trying to run. Quite the opposite; anyone who is willing to take upon themselves the problems the US has can only have a love for the country. Barack Obama does not hate America. They also "hate" Russia. I am a belieber but am shocked to say that just over half of the people in america hate jb :.
It's because they hate America. Coushioned couch. Gun America Arm. Log in. Yes, U. Crucially, al-Qaeda was unable to mobilize Muslims around a strict Islamist identity that transcended other loyalties. And national, tribal, and other local identities remain profoundly important from the Palestinians to the Pakistanis. From , confidence in bin Laden collapsed in many Muslim-majority countries, falling from 59 percent to 26 percent in Indonesia, and from 56 percent to 13 percent in Jordan.
In a poll taken in 11 Muslim countries, a median of just 13 percent had a favorable view of al-Qaeda, whereas 57 percent had an unfavorable view. Another key al-Qaeda goal was to assume leadership of the global jihadist movement. Today, al-Qaeda affiliates in North Africa and Yemen remain a threat.
But history seems to have moved on. Al-Qaeda was a marginal player in the grand drama of the Arab Spring. Al-Qaeda is a loose terrorist network focused on launching spectacular attacks to mobilize Muslims, which sometimes relied on host governments like the Taliban. ISIS is simultaneously a terrorist network, an insurgency, and a quasi-state, with tens of thousands of fighters , widespread territorial control, and extensive funding.
Bin Laden saw the caliphate as a distant goal. In his declaration of war, bin Laden promised that Muslim martyrs would receive 72 pure virgins in heaven. ISIS offers sex slaves right now.
Front-loading the rewards proved popular. By , an estimated one thousand foreign fighters were joining ISIS every month, far in excess of new al-Qaeda recruits. War is not a sports match where one team wins and the other team loses.
Instead, each side has its own separate tally. But a sober assessment of the last 20 years suggests that the United States lost the broader war. But Americans have paid an exorbitant price for the two-decade campaign in strategic, economic, and moral terms. Austria-Hungary used the attack as a pretext for war against Serbia, triggering a cataclysmic conflict, World War I, in which four empires collapsed—the Russian, German, Ottoman, and Austria-Hungarian. Recounting the costs is numbing: over 7, Americans killed, tens of thousands of soldiers seriously wounded, trillions of dollars expended, and over , civilian deaths in Iraq alone.
ISIS is an even more ruthless and capable adversary. If we consider the United States on defense, the success of the homeland-security complex in making Americans safer is highly debatable. A trillion dollars has poured into counter-terrorism programs, but to what end?
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