Hi IQBAL LATIF; I'm not sure I understand the first, and key, sentence of your note. My additions are in bold:
"Conspiracy theories, as in the 1001 Arabian Nights stories, abound in the 21st century[. An example is] the aged logic that the crack down on the war on terror has increased [the level of terror] as a result of [the] crack down on terror."
The observation that the war against Al Qaeda is failing is not an example of a "conspiracy theory", at least as the term is widely used in the United States. To have a conspiracy, you have to have a secret group of collaborators. To make it a "theory", the question of the existence of the group must be open to debate. In the case of Al Qaeda, there is no question of their existence, and no other obvious group is conspiring, so there is no conspiracy theory. Now there are conspiracy theories abounding re the war on terror. An example of a "conspiracy theory" is the theory that Bush wants the war on terror to last indefinitely, and so attacked Iraq in order to help Al Qaeda. I do not believe this. Here's some more examples of conspiracy theories:
yellowtimes.org
nmia.com
The rest of your post ignores the simple question: Is Al Qaeda being defeated? It's great to have a lot of theories about why the Arab street this or that, but I really don't give a good goddam about the Arab street. All I care about is the US, our citizens, and our soldiers.
What I see is more attacks by Al Qaeda on US citizens and it worries me. It appears to me that the war on terror is failing to defeat Al Qaeda.
-- Carl |
