Haroon Siddiqui (Toronto Star): 2 years after 9/11 attacks, a report card

[Dudley_DUright]

On the eve of the second anniversary of Sept. 11, a few things are clear.

Terrorism is not only not licked, as the blasts in Bali, Casablanca and Jeddah show. It is thriving where it didn't before, namely in Iraq, as the assassinations of a top United Nations' diplomat, the top Shiite political leader and others testify.

America has already killed at least thrice as many innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq as were murdered in America by the 9/11 terrorists.

Thousands of other innocents have been snared, in the West and across the world, in the wide net cast by the war on terrorism.

America is good at war, disastrous at making or keeping peace.

more...

http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1062886227214&call_pageid=970599109774

[pippin]

1. conclusion

The conclusion of this articles pretty well sums it up:
"America became a great nation through a combination of military and economic might and democratic values. The Bush administration has squandered the moral part of that potent combination." :mad: