'War On Terrorism' Misused By West

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Thursday, January 15, 2009, 16:30

In an un-biased declaration made by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, that the West were using "war on terror" as a rally cry, it became clear about the general political view about the Bush administration.

The foreign delegate on his visit to Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, has clearly declared that the 'war on terror' has caused more harm than good. According to Miliband, the article on anti-terrorism published in The Guardian was 'misconceived' and that the west cannot 'kill its way' out of the threats faced.

He also pronounced the entire concept as "misleading and mistaken" and the remarks from the speech will also be repeated in the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, that had been the target of the recent terror attacks."Historians will judge whether it has done more harm than good," Miliband says, adding that, in his opinion, the whole strategy has been dangerously counter-productive, helping otherwise disparate groups find a common cause against the West.

"The more we lump terrorist groups together and draw the battle lines as a simple binary struggle between moderates and extremists or good and evil, the more we play into the hands of those seeking to unify groups with little in common," Miliband argues, in a clear criticism of the rhetoric of the Bush era.

"We should expose their claim to a compelling and overarching explanation and narrative as the lie that it is. Terrorism is a deadly tactic, not an institution or an ideology," he adds.

He goes on to say that "democracies must respond to terrorism by championing the rule of law, not subordinating it. It has become clear in more than one ways that the British Officials cannot wait for Obama team to take over the office and say a farewell to the eight-year long Bush-admin that they felt uneasy with, especially after Tony Blair departed in the year 2007.

Miliband also revealed that the incoming administrations ideas of 'smart powers' were well agreed by his own thoughts and arguments. "The new administration has a set of values that fit very well with the values and priorities I am talking about," he said during a visit to Amethi in northern India.