Monday, July 31, 2006
Opinion RhetIraq: Military Solution vs. Political Solution
Who: Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
Source: The Daily Star
Quotes: From opinion article titled, "The real problem is getting to a solution"
The most powerful ideology in the world today is self-determination. Until there is a Palestinian state and an Iraq free of US occupation, Islamic extremists will win recruits. Military reprisals will swell their ranks still further, and, until political grievances are addressed, the spread of democracy will not change that equation, because the extremists will win at the ballot box. In short, specific terrorist threats should be fought through narrowly targeted counter-terrorist operations, while moderates should undercut extremism through the politics of compromise rather than the false and dangerous delusions of military victory.
Source: The Daily Star
Quotes: From opinion article titled, "The real problem is getting to a solution"
The most powerful ideology in the world today is self-determination. Until there is a Palestinian state and an Iraq free of US occupation, Islamic extremists will win recruits. Military reprisals will swell their ranks still further, and, until political grievances are addressed, the spread of democracy will not change that equation, because the extremists will win at the ballot box. In short, specific terrorist threats should be fought through narrowly targeted counter-terrorist operations, while moderates should undercut extremism through the politics of compromise rather than the false and dangerous delusions of military victory.
