To really combat terror, end support for Saudi Arabia

[Dems to Win]

Ramped up rhetoric on security makes no sense so long as the west cosies up to dictatorships that support fundamentalism

by Owen Jones

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/31/combat-terror-end-support-saudi-arabia-dictatorships-fundamentalism

The so-called war on terror is nearly 13 years old, but which rational human being will be cheering its success? We’ve had crackdowns on civil liberties across the world, tabloid-fanned generalisations about Muslims and, of course, military interventions whose consequences have ranged from the disastrous to the catastrophic. And where have we ended up? Wars that Britons believe have made them less safe; jihadists too extreme even for al-Qaida’s tastes running amok in Iraq and Syria; and nations like Libya succumbing to Islamist militias. There are failures, and then there are calamities.

But as the British government ramps up the terror alert to “severe” and yet more anti-terror legislation is proposed, some reflection after 13 years of disaster is surely needed. One element has been missing, and that is the west’s relationship with Middle Eastern dictatorships that have played a pernicious role in the rise of Islamist fundamentalist terrorism. And no wonder: the west is militarily, economically and diplomatically allied with these often brutal regimes, and our media all too often reflects the foreign policy objectives of our governments.

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According to (SOS)Clinton’s leaked memo, Saudi donors constituted “the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide”.

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The US cannot claim to be fighting a 'War on Terror' as long as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait are our allies. The whole thing is a bloody farce.

IF the US was serious about fighting terrorism, America would Bomb Saudi Arabia FIRST.

[samsingh]

1. i would have to agree

[tularetom]

2. Fat frickin chance of that ever happening

Even our Democratic president seems reluctant to face the truth.

[The2ndWheel]

3. Seems like that might further destabilize the region

There really is no good answer. Draw some lines on a map that don't make sense from a local perspective, and you need force to keep it together. Get rid of that force, and everything falls apart. Of course there are many more years/decades/centuries of history than just the last 100 or so, which makes it that much more complicated.

Politics are messy and fickle. History is pretty much might makes right. The US and European countries(or any) wouldn't exist without it being so. As they say, civilization is a thin veneer.