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If the US was serious about re-evaluating not only how it fights
terrorism but how terrorism is spread, it would begin by looking in the
mirror as its counter-terrorism strategy that foments terrorism abroad,
geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser told RT.
RT:
US President Obama has ordered a review of the US hostage
policy after the latest beheading of an American citizen by ISIS.
Can we expect some serious changes?
Eric Draitser: There is going to be a review of
some of the policies, protocols and procedures, but of course
this is yet another hollow review, yet another hollow
investigation or probe or whatever the new term they are going to
be using. We have a very clear precedent for this - a few months
ago President Obama ordered the CIA to conduct an internal
investigation into their protocols and procedures with regard to
arming so-called “freedom fighters” around the world.
The CIA came back with the result showing that in their study
they concluded that such a policy is almost always a failure,
that it almost always leads to continued problems. Now pass
forward three months later with the results of such an
investigation what does Obama do? He announces the policy to
expand the arming of rebels in Syria. So again, these sorts of
investigation, such as the one that is being suggested now, are
really for domestic political consumption, they are to give an
illusion that the Obama Administration is responsive to the anger
and frustration that it feels from a variety of corners, when in
reality it is utterly disingenuous. The Obama Administration
really has reached new heights of disingenuousness.
RT: Would the situation with taking hostages
change for the better? Will there be fewer of them or more
actions taken by the US government aimed at freeing
hostages?
ED: Likely it will not change, however we should
be cautious to remember that the hostages that have been taken –
that is not like we have a wave, an epidemic of people coming
into the US and taking hostages. These hostages are taken in
places where the US is actively aggressive against other nations,
be it Iraq, and be it Syria, Afghanistan or what have you. Really
what the US should be examining are its own policies – its
foreign policy, its political agenda – and how those policies
fill into hostage taking, kidnapping, other forms of terrorism.
If the US were serious about trying to not only put a stop on
hostage taking but in re-evaluating all of its policies, it would
begin with its foreign policy.
RT: The beheaded hostages had no connection
to military service - they were journalists, aid workers. Who is
to blame for their deaths? Is there a direct connection with
US-led coalition anti-ISIS strategy?
ED: Absolutely, because of course the US
counter-terrorism strategy is to create terrorism, it is to
foment terrorism abroad as we have seen this in Syria, Iraq, and
Afghanistan. It is also to feed into terror hysteria at home and
to use terrorism as yet another tool by which the US can promote
and further its agenda, be it political, economic or social
agenda. We just saw this week the defeat of the overhaul bill for
NSA. The only reason of such a bill to be possibly defeated is
fear, fear stoked by the so-called counter-terrorism policy that
the US enacts. Again, if the US was serious about re-evaluating
not only how it fights terrorism but how terrorism is spread, the
US would begin by looking in the mirror because of course it is
Washington, it is US policy that is the number one driver of
terrorism in the Middle East and around the world.
Source:
rt.com
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