The Stakes: America In The Middle East by Shibley Telhami

By Shibley Telhami

Might the USA defeat Al-Qaeda yet nonetheless lose the wider battle on terrorism? within the Stakes, Shibley Telhami, one in every of America's so much in-demand commentators at the heart East, presents a concise and penetrating research that explains Arab and Muslim attitudes towards the U.S. and exhibits why there's a lot reason behind obstacle. In an insightful, passionate, but balanced research, Telhami exhibits why the Arab-Israeli clash continues to be vital to the struggle on terrorism and to foreign balance, and considers the results of a post-war Iraq: its impact on center japanese politics and American overseas coverage, the restoration of the area, and its destiny with the remainder of the realm. The Stakes presents a well-reasoned, calm research that might be crucial interpreting for an individual who wonders the place the United States should still pass from the following, amid the risks and possibilities within the ever-volatile center East. up-to-date with a brand new epilogue.

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If this demand side persists, the terrorism phenomenon is unlikely to be contained. For every terror organization that is destroyed, other suppliers will arise to exploit the persistent demand. It is important to note that there need not be harmony between the real aims of terror organizers and the causes of despair and humiliation that give rise to the demand side. Usama bin Laden's aims, for example, were fundamentally focused on expelling foreign forces from Saudi Arabia and creating an Islamic political order across the Muslim world.

However, despite these attempts, the discourse in America quickly blurred the distinction. When the question of "why they hate us so much" was raised, "they" increasingly meant Arabs and Muslims, not merely those individuals who carried out the attack. " Although these writings were by no means the UNDERSTANDING THE TERRORIST THREAT / 25 norm in America, they were highlighted in the Muslim and Arab worlds as if they were American policy, thus generating more resentment toward the United States.

And for the argument to be more persuasive, others with moral authority must also use it. This tactic requires an appeal to societies, and it requires multilateral efforts to establish the notion of the illegitimacy of terrorist means. But the understandable focus on destroying al-Qaeda, and the focus on terrorists as a breed that can be separated from society, has undermined the American ability to delegitimize terrorism. One of the unfortunate products of what transpired in the months after 9/11 is that whereas terrorist organizations, especially al-Qaeda, have been disrupted, terrorist means are increasingly legitimate in the eyes of more people in the Middle East.

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