Ioannis Gatsiounis

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Denying Gains in Counterterrorism

In Uncategorized on June 6, 2011 at 6:45 am

June 6, 2011

Over the last decade it has been widely predicted that two political forces will hasten the demise of the West: China and/or Islamic terrorism. In my last column I discussed China, so let us turn now to terrorism.

The general assumption, repeatedly delivered by the media, policy makers, and the general public, was that former US President George W. Bush’s war on terror would breed more terrorists and put America at greater risk. Read the rest of this entry »