A Self-Defeating War

A Self-Defeating War
by George Soros

The war on terror is a false metaphor that has led to counterproductive andself-defeating policies. Five years after 9/11, a misleading figure ofspeech applied literally has unleashed a real war fought on several fronts –Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia – a war that has killed thousandsof innocent civilians and enraged millions around the world. Yet al-Qaedahas not been subdued; a plot that could have claimed more victims than 9/11has just been foiled by the vigilance of British intelligence.

Unfortunately, the "war on terror" metaphor was uncritically accepted by theAmerican public as the obvious response to 9/11. It is now widely admittedthat the invasion of Iraq was a blunder. But the war on terror remains theframe into which American policy has to fit. Most Democratic politicianssubscribe to it for fear of being tagged as weak on defense.

What makes the war on terror self-defeating?
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