The American policy on terror may just create new superpower: Terrorism..

Submitted by Adam Eylat (Israel), Apr 21, 2007 at 06:18

Its seems the National Memory of the events of 9/11 have vanished from the collective memory of the American public ,and once again, the US policy makers, chosen for the various high office posts in Washington, believe that it is possible to eradicate terrorism through diplomatic means.

President Carter allowed Iran a victory when he so badly negotiated the release of the American Embassy hostages… Pres. H.Bush looked the other way In the 1993 when the World Trade Center was first bombed… Pres. Clinton did nothing when the US Embassies in Nairobi Kenya and Dar es Salaam Tanzania were bombed… or when the USS Cole was hit ... and than came 9/11… and for a while it seemed that the US policy makers had finally come to understand reality.

Its became clear, quite soon after this horrific event that though the US had unleashed its proverbial dogs, it sent them barking up the wrong tree.

Yes, it was important and wise to target Afghanistan But that was not where the evil grew from, not at all. Yes, it was important and wise to target Iraq, But here gain, was not where the real target was. The real target, the "fountain of evil" , if you like, from which terror drank was, and continues to be in Iran.

When the USA withdraws from Iraq, it will have done so without accomplishing a singe one of its goals in the war against terror:

Iran and it allies are as strong as ever and growing stronger with each passing day. Iran's Nuclear Program is nearing the point of no return and my guess, so is the construction of a bomb which an Alkaydah terrorist will some day, not too far into the future, carry on board a plain headed for London, and/or New York and/or any other number of major cities in the world.

Those who though the war against terror was a walk in the park, those who though that it could all be over and done with in short order, should understand that giving up now spell doom.

The war on terror must be won, there is no other choice.

Sadly, diplomacy will never do the trick and its time the US policy makes understand this. Iran and its allies must be dealt a blow which will send them collectively for decades of soul searching and repentance. The future of Western civilization depends on it. The window of opportunity available to us all is closing fast and the first clear signs of an emerging new superpower called Terrorism are here.

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