US Foreign Policy and 9/11

The entire western world seems to be employing a blame the victim analysis to the threat posed by Islamofascists. Earlier this week results of a poll conducted in Canada indicated that a majority of Canadians believe that US foreign policy was one of the root causes leading to the attacks on 9/11. What?!?!

These dangerously wrong sentiments are not exclusive to Canada. They run rampant in Europe as well. This position is no diferrent than blaming a rape victim, because she was dressed in a mini-skirt and hung around a strip club late at night. She may very well have wanted to have sex, but certainly not to be raped. The root cause is the depraved, criminal desire of the perpetrator to dominate , not the behavior, dress or any other characteristic of the victim herself. Similarly, the blame for 9/11 lies purely and exclusively with the perpetrators, not US foreign policy.

Bin Laden, Ahmadinejad and others have made it abundantly clear that their ultimate aim is the establishment of a global Islamic state. The first stage of that dream (nightmare to the rest of us) is to rid the Middle East of the US and Israel, paving the way for the creation of a nuclear-armed Islamic superpower. From that base, they intend to confront the West in a true military battle of civilizations. That is why US foreign policy in the region is such a sore point for them and so important for us. Without US backing of Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Suadi Arabia and most importantly Iraq, the Islamofascists would be in the driver's seat and ever closer to their goal.

Far from being a root cause of 9/11, US foreign policy is the bulwark keeping us all safe, including Canadians and Europeans. Blaming the victim is wrong and extremely dangerous as any weakening of our resolve will surely be exploited by our enemies.