tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78675412011-12-30T08:52:47.378-08:00War on TerrorMy War on Terror ramblings without a filterGuidenoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867541.post-1097205798593182442004-10-07T20:21:00.000-07:002004-10-07T20:23:18.593-07:00Ghanaian Envoy Commends US Leadership Role in War On TerrorUnited States Department of State (Washington, DC)
Ambassador Pooku says Bush's regional approach is especially helpful
The Bush administration's proactive leadership in the global war on terror and its emphasis on regional approaches to political and economic problems are policies that deserve the support of all the world's nations, says Ghana's recently appointed envoy to the United States,Guidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867541.post-1097204965540469202004-10-01T20:09:00.000-07:002004-10-07T20:23:33.170-07:00Terror of WarNewspapers and TV news are splattered with messages about the subway being a target mentioned in terrorist communications; only half of the city's police have been trained in counterterrorism because of lack of funding; how to make your own terrorism preparation kit and what-to-do-in-case-of-a-terrorist-attack. Police are all over the place. A guy I know walked two miles to work instead of takingGuidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867541.post-1097205880522656902004-09-22T20:24:00.000-07:002004-10-07T20:24:40.523-07:00Human rights in the war on terrorNEITHER SIDE in this year's presidential election got it right in the recent exchange over a more "sensitive" war on terrorism. Dick Cheney knocked down a straw man by suggesting falsely that John Kerry wants more sensitivity to Al Qaeda. Kerry spoke not of Al Qaeda but of sensitivity "to other nations [that] brings them to our side and lives up to American values."
However, behind that thought Guidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867541.post-1097206008933880362004-09-15T20:26:00.000-07:002004-10-07T20:26:48.933-07:00War Or Terror: What's Worse?When the US death toll in Iraq crossed 1,000 last week, the number seemed like a shocker. However, that figure pales in comparison with the 30,000 Afghans and Iraqis estimated to have died in the War on Terror.
While there isn't anyone keeping official count - Iraq Body Count, an independent website that keeps track of only media-reported civilian deaths, states that a minimum 11,798 Iraqi Guidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867541.post-1097205946258024352004-09-08T20:25:00.000-07:002004-10-07T20:25:46.260-07:00War against terror is a failure, ex-White House official saysThe Bush administration has bungled the war on terrorism, doing little to provide security at home while breeding legions of new enemies abroad, the government's former anti-terrorism chief, Richard Clarke, told a large Berkeley audience Tuesday night.
Clarke, who made international headlines last spring when he emerged as the highest-ranking whistle-blower from inside the White House's war on Guidenoreply@blogger.com