According to Gordon Brown, "we should acknowledge the debt the world owes to the United States for its leadership in this fight against international terrorism." (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6920877.stmNo, we shouldn't.
I didn't see the US stepping in during the IRA's 1969 - 1997 campaign. In fact, the US still fails to see the IRA as a Foriegn Terrorist Organization (although the Real IRA does appear on the list), and much IRA funding came from American wallets.
I haven't seen US soldiers deployed to Spain to assist in the fight against Basque Seperatists, or sent to Japan to help fight Aum Shinrikyo.
The War on Terror has so far only hit Afghanistan (which is still a mess 6 years after the initial invasion) and Iraq (which only became a war on terror when Sadam was ousted and the borders became open to al quieda).
So who, exactly, owes a debt to America for this grand crusade?
The hundreds of servicemen killed in a war that had no justification? The thousands of Iraqi civillians killed in the daily bombings? The people left surviving?
A report by Oxfam and a coalition of Iraqi NGOs (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6921617.stm) stated that "the government was failing to provide basics such as food and shelter for eight million people." Aid efforts are being hampered by corruption and mismanagement and now Iraq faces a new humanitarian crisis. In the meantime, disaffected Muslims in the West are turning to Islamic fundamentalism, training for jihad and bringing the War on Terror back to our own streets.
Thanks, America.
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