Zbigniew Brzezinski on the GWOT idiocy

Zbigniew Brzezinski on the GWOT idiocy 2013-05-07T18:37:03-05:00

A snippet from a great op-ed by Zbigniew Brzezinski, whose name I need to learn to pronounce one of these days.

Terrorized by ‘War on Terror’ – washingtonpost.com

The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration’s elevation of these three words into a national mantra since the horrific events of 9/11 has had a pernicious impact on American democracy, on America’s psyche and on U.S. standing in the world. Using this phrase has actually undermined our ability to effectively confront the real challenges we face from fanatics who may use terrorism against us.

The damage these three words have done — a classic self-inflicted wound — is infinitely greater than any wild dreams entertained by the fanatical perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks when they were plotting against us in distant Afghan caves. The phrase itself is meaningless. It defines neither a geographic context nor our presumed enemies. Terrorism is not an enemy but a technique of warfare — political intimidation through the killing of unarmed non-combatants.


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