Please explain what policy(ies) you believe that the United States is involved in, that you would define and/or describe as "interventionist". --- take your pick http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-209.html
On Friday, May 2, 2014 12:17:57 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Please explain what policy(ies) you believe that the United States is > involved in, that you would define and/or describe as "interventionist". > > We'll all wait right here, while you collect your thoughts..... > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:39 PM, plainolamerican > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> *A surge in the number of aggressive al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded >> groups the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. >> interests and allies---the failed US intervention policy creates more >> terrorists.* >> On Friday, May 2, 2014 7:48:06 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> DCG posted: " NYDailyNews: A surge in the number of aggressive >>> al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded groups the Middle East and North Africa >>> poses a serious threat to U.S. interests and allies, the State Department >>> said Wednesday in reporting a more than 40 percent i" Respond to >>> this post by replying above this line >>> >>> New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* >>> <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/> Terrorism, number of >>> Al Qaeda affiliates both surged from 2012 to 2013: State >>> Department<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism-number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013-state-department/> >>> by >>> DCG <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/> >>> >>> NYDailyNews<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/terrorism-number-al-qaeda-affiliates-surged-2013-state-department-article-1.1775509>: >>> >>> *A surge in the number of aggressive al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded >>> groups the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. >>> interests and allies*, the State Department said Wednesday in reporting >>> a more than 40 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide between 2012 >>> and 2013. >>> >>> The department also singled out Iran as a major state sponsor of >>> terrorism that continues to defy demands it prove its atomic ambitions are >>> peaceful even as Washington pursues negotiations with Tehran over its >>> nuclear program. >>> >>> In its annual global terrorism report, *the department said that losses >>> in al-Qaida’s core leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan “accelerated” the >>> network’s decentralization in 2013*. That has resulted in more >>> autonomous and more aggressive affiliates, notably in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, >>> northwest Africa, and Somalia, it said. >>> >>> “*The terrorist threat continued to evolve rapidly in 2013*, with an >>> increasing number of groups around the world — including both AQ affiliates >>> and other terrorist organizations — *posing a threat to the United >>> States, our allies, and our interests*,” according to the strategic >>> assessment of the “Country Reports on Terrorism.” >>> >>> *The report identified a 43 percent increase in the number of terrorist >>> attacks in 2013 from 2012*, according to statistics provided by the >>> National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. >>> >>> [image: rop]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/rop.jpg> >>> >>> It counted 9,707 terrorist attacks around the world in 2013,* resulting >>> in more than 17,800 deaths and more than 32,500 injuries*. Most of >>> those occurred in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, the >>> Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Thailand and Yemen. In 2012, the figures were >>> 6,771 terrorist attacks, with more than 11,000 deaths and more than 21,600 >>> injuries. Most of those where in the same 10 countries as in 2013. >>> >>> Despite the spike in the number of attacks, the report pointed out that >>> nearly half of them caused no fatalities and 53 percent caused no injuries. >>> >>> The most lethal attacks in 2013 were conducted by the *Taliban* in >>> Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban, Nigeria’s Boko Haram, *al-Qaida* in >>> Iraq, *al-Qaida* in Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and *al-Qaida*in >>> the Arabian Peninsula, according to the report. >>> >>> “While the international community has severely degraded AQ’s core >>> leadership, *the terrorist threat has evolved*,” it said. “Leadership >>> losses in Pakistan, coupled with weak governance and instability in the >>> Middle East and Northwest Africa, have accelerated the decentralization of >>> the movement and led to the affiliates in the AQ network becoming more >>> operationally autonomous from core AQ and increasingly focused on local and >>> regional objectives.” >>> >>> Those groups have subsequently taken advantage of conditions on the >>> ground “to broaden and deepen their operations,” it said, noting deadly >>> attacks against religious pilgrims in Iraq, hospital staff and patients in >>> Yemen by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and a popular shopping mall in >>> Kenya last year by the Somali-based al-Shabab organization. >>> >>> In addition to spurring more and deadlier activity, *al-Qaida’s >>> decentralization has led to its affiliates increasing their financial >>> independence from the core by staging a growing number of kidnappings for >>> ransom and other crimes*, like extortion and credit card fraud, the >>> report said. It said the Yemeni affiliate and al-Qaida in the Islamic >>> Maghreb, which is active in North Africa, have become “particularly >>> effective” at such activities. >>> >>> *And, it said, 2013 saw groups like these boost their presence on social >>> media platforms*, although with mixed results, as various online voices >>> often led to “confusion and contradictions” in their messaging. >>> Nevertheless, it said, the wider audience reached through new media >>> compounds the extremist threat. >>> >>> The report also pointed out a “worrisome trend” in that a significant >>> amount of terrorism in 2013 was sectarian in nature, especially in Syria, >>> Lebanon, and Pakistan. >>> >>> It noted that thousands of al-Qaida inspired extremists flooded into >>> Syria to join that country’s civil war, ostensibly to protect Sunni Muslims >>> from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Alawite-dominated government. Despite >>> divisions among themselves and with al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, >>> *these >>> groups, including al-Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the >>> Levant remain a serious threat*, the report said. >>> >>> At the same time, Iran and the radical Lebanon-based Hezbollah movement >>> stepped up the provision of critical support to Assad, *“dramatically >>> bolstering” his capabilities and exacerbating the conflict*, it said. >>> >>> On Iran, which has been designated a “state sponsor of terrorism” by the >>> United States since 1984, the report said Tehran last year persisted in >>> supporting Palestinian terrorist groups, boosted its presence in Africa and >>> tried to smuggle weapons to separatists in Yemen and Bahrain. >>> >>> Tehran used the al-Quds Force of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps >>> as its “primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad” >>> with the intent of destabilizing the Middle East and fomenting anti-Israel >>> attacks and sentiment, it said. >>> >>> While it continued to sponsor terrorism, Iran also remained a concern >>> for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the report said. >>> >>> Despite ongoing negotiations with world powers to address concerns about >>> its nuclear program, Iran remains in violation of international demands to >>> come clean about its intentions and prove it is not trying to develop >>> atomic weapons, it said. >>> >>> Along with Iran, the 2013 report identified Cuba, Syria and Sudan as >>> “state sponsors of terrorism,” designations that remain unchanged from last >>> year. >>> >>> DCG >>> *DCG <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/dcgere/>* | May 2, 2014 >>> at 4:00 am | Tags: Al-Qaida<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=al-qaida>, >>> Iran <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=iran>, >>> Taliban<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=taliban>| Categories: >>> crime <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=34945349>, >>> Islam<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=420>, >>> Middle East <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=3250>, >>> Terrorism<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=35034649>| URL: >>> http://wp.me/pKuKY-qlY >>> >>> >>> Comment<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism-number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013-state-department/#respond> >>> >>> See all >>> comments<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism-number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013-state-department/#comments> >>> >>> >>> >>> Unsubscribe<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=LC2%3DHIVYUzaqg%7EkhMYumiih.nOxKfqimvY%5DV1W%3DrC%3DH0mf%7Cgkjc>to >>> no longer receive posts from Fellowship of the Minds. >>> Change your email settings at Manage >>> Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: >>> http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/05/02/terrorism- >>> number-of-al-qaeda-affiliates-both-surged-from-2012-to-2013- >>> state-department/ >>> >>> Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> >>> >>> >>> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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