Some Legislators have some explaining to do
By Walid Phares
Phares on Radio America today:
Legislators must tell us how to win the war on terror before they measure tactical success"
Washington DC, Radio America, BQ 2:45 PM. Mideast Newswire
Senior Fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Walid Phares told Radio America today: "The US Legislators who are unsatisfied with the results against the Jihadists in Iraq may have a point. The current tactics can certainly be improved, even changed. One can also adapt the ongoing strategy in Iraq to the Jihadist offensives.
However, as General Abizaid mentioned weeks ago, this is a war with Salafism, a worldwide movement. Hence before the legislators argue about the prosecution of that conflict in Iraq they must explain to the nation their understanding of the Global War on terror, their views of US policies in the Middle East and how their experts would have propsoed to fight Jihadism worldwide and in Iraq, and in different ways. For if some legislators proceed as if Iraq's conflict is a "consumers war," it simply indicate that they haven't grasped why we are in Iraq, what is the current strategy in Iraq, who is the enemy and what does it want to achieve both in Iraq and against the United States. First, Congress must hold a series of hearings on the entire War on Terror before doing business as usual." -Quote by Mideast Newswire
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