The American way of war

Who are the axis of evil, may I ask?

Galal Nassar

It would be wrong to assume that a term such as "imperialism", an essential part of the 1960s lexicon, has become outdated. Little has changed, apart from the coining of new words and methods that are, if anything, more venomous. In this region, as elsewhere, the facts speak for themselves. Let us start with President George W Bush's claim that Muslims subscribe to a despotic creed. The US president recently said those who stage terrorist operations are fascists. But all attacks against civilians in order to further political objectives deserve to be denounced, and that includes crimes perpetrated by the US and Israel against civilians. Fascism has become the underlying premise of US and Israeli policy against Arabs and Muslims. Ironically it is the latter that are being singled out as terrorists. Their extermination is being described as a triumph of good over evil...

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