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'War on evil', Iraq fallout, links

Posted: September 13th, 2004, 1:37 am
by mnaz
Here's a couple of articles I found interesting on
foreignpolicy.com:

The Ideas that Died in Iraq:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/files/story2661.php

and

World's Most Dangerous Ideas-- 'War on Evil'

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/files/story2662.php

There are a lot of other good articles there as well, looking at
US foreign policy from a lot of different angles.

Posted: September 13th, 2004, 1:45 am
by mnaz
Here's another one on the al Qaeda terrorist network, (and
others like it)....

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/files/story2536.php

Posted: September 13th, 2004, 10:27 am
by Lightning Rod
gteat articles, mnaz
especially the second one. Beautifully written and reasoned.

thank you for helping me with my homework

Hegemony, Fragmentation and bin Laden's Goals

Posted: September 13th, 2004, 12:40 pm
by Zlatko Waterman
Dear LR:


This is a nice background piece by Juan Cole that argues for bin Laden's goals being met as our "war on terror" flies into confused bits.

(link)

http://www.antiwar.com/cole/?articleid=3560

--Z

Posted: September 13th, 2004, 1:22 pm
by Lightning Rod
thanks, Z

great article. It all depends on how deep you want to go back into history, where you decide to start counting, so to speak, as to where the root of this problem is.