The War on Terror, like the War on Drugs, is a fraud...

A week ago, I had a long conversation with a four-star US military officer who, until his recent retirement, had played a central role in directing the global war on terror. I asked him: what exactly is the strategy that guides the George W Bush administration's conduct of this war? 

His dismaying, if not exactly surprising, answer: there is none. 

Bush will bequeath to his successor the ultimate self-licking ice cream cone. To defense contractors, lobbyists, think-tankers, ambitious military officers, the hosts of Sunday morning talk shows, and the Douglas Feith-like creatures who maneuver to become players in the ultimate power game, the "war on terror" is a boon, an enterprise redolent with opportunity and promising to extend decades into the future. More...

See also:

1. There is no such organisation as ‘Al Qaeda...'
2. The bogus War on Terror...
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4. Iraqis need clean water badly...
5. Not closing our eyes to the war in Iraq...