Coincidentally, shortly after The American Thinker published two articles replying to the standard beliefs about the causes of terrorism, two editorials and a story appear that repeat those wrong answers.

First, Graham Allison, founding dean of the Kennedy School of Government and now a Kerry adviser, claims that Bush, calling terrorists 'nothing but cold—blooded killers,' has confused the war on terror because bin Ladin actually has rational demands.

Second, Benazir Bhutto, chairperson of Pakistan's People Party and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, asserts that the two roots of terrorism are (1) The rise of fundamentalism, which includes the allegedly Christian variety that (irrationally) desires that the Jews must establish a state all the way to the Euphrates (Iraq); and (2) poverty, which engenders a war between the Haves and the Have—nots.

Third, Muqtada al—Sadr, who is reportedly wounded by shrapnel in his recent insurgency, says the US is bent on 'occupying the world.'

All of these assertions have been answered here and here.

Posted by Jim Arlandson  8 13 04