'Terror war' breeds more terror - Oxford Research Group

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/06/13/10046632.html


Dubai: American and British obsession with the "war on terror" is blinding them to greater global security threats, a leading UK think tank has warned.

Conflicts of the 21st century will centre on climate change, competition for natural resources, social and economic marginalisation and militarisation, the report, by The independent Oxford Research Group says.

In terms of loss of life and social upheaval these are potentially more dangerous than terrorism, and the findings are shared by Pentagon's office of net assessment, the group states.

"Current policies in the 'war on terror' are not only utterly failing to win the 'war', but are making the likelihood of future terrorist attacks more likely, not less likely,'' Chris Abbott one of the report's authors told Gulf News from Oxford last night.

"The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are proving to be a gift to the Al Qaida, in terms of both propaganda and recruitment; if extended to Iran, the implications would be disastrous. In addition, the Western obsession with maintaining the status quo through military might is increasing instability across the world, and will result in a violent backlash unless fundamental threats that we have identified in our report are addressed.''

Unfortunately, I think they are dead on the money but the hard right conservative response will be, these guys can't know anything, they have too much education.