Monday, October 08, 2007

War on Terror is making al Qaeda stronger.

Six years after the September 11 attacks in the United States, the "war on terror" is failing and instead fueling an increase in support for extremist Islamist movements, a British think-tank said on Monday.

"If the al Qaeda movement is to be countered, then the roots of its support must be understood and systematically undercut," said Paul Rogers, the report's author and professor of global peace studies at Bradford University in northern England.

He described the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as a "disastrous mistake" which had helped establish a "most valued jihadist combat training zone" for al Qaeda supporters.

This is really nothing new to those of us who have been paying attention, but it bears repeating since our policies have not altered a bit in six years.

You know if I have been trying to put out a fire with gasoline, and have found it only makes the fire burn hotter, I would most likely stop. But the Bush administration just calls for more gasoline.

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