In the “Tell-me-something-I-don’t-know” category, the title
of today’s Washington Post Wonkblog piece is, “After 13 years, 2 wars and
trillions in military spending, terrorist attacks are rising sharply.”
Research findings from the Institute of Economics and Peace
demonstrate clearly that our war on terror, just like our war on drugs, is not
only failing in its primary mission, it is exacerbating the problem. Every bomb
we drop, every soldier we send to the Middle East, every puppet dictator we
support breeds new militants. Our actions are making the world less safe than
it was before 9/11.
Let’s take a look at what we have to show for all of our
efforts to stamp out terrorism: A significant increase in terrorist activity
worldwide since 2000, a politically destabilized Middle East, the deaths of
thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, trillions
of dollars sucked into a black hole, a national surveillance state that is out
of control, a drastic rise in the number of Middle Eastern refugees, and a
diminished standing in the eyes of the rest of the world. Check, check and
check.
So, of course, Obama wants to double the number of troops
that are now on the ground in Iraq.
(Forehead slap)
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