Riz Khan - The War on Terror- 06 May 08 - Part 1

[LittleVillage24]

The US should get the hell out of the middle east! Why is the US spending BILLIONS in trying to convert these Arab countries into democracies? Leave the Arab world alone and let them build their Muslim Utopia and just build a firewall around Europe and the western hemisphere to prevent any immigration from these countries. Israel doesn't need any help from the US since they handily defeated the Arab world multiple times already. Get out! Spend that money at home not abroad.

[rollotwomassey]

Scheuer is deeply misguided- no wonder we didn't get OBL. It is our foreign policy AND our lifestyle that insults Islamist expansionism. What are we left to do then? "Oh, you don't like that policy of ours? Well, just kill a few thousand of us and we'll do as you ask." This is appeasement and will lead to horrible outcomes with much more death and destruction and your point of view is better suited to leftist academia or The State Dept then the CIA.

[7514328]

Read the book by John Steinbeck, "Once there was a war". His statement, "The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumned. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive". A lot can be said about this. However, I tend to believe that the United States needs to stop propagating its wars upon cultures and theaters which it continues to destroy lives, history and traditions. The Gov't interferes TOO MUCH which creates war.

[badaustad]

War for OIL. Get it ???

[ikran2007]

the war on terror is war on islam suppport by the west leaders for many years and arab regimes

[alphadawg44]

the caller mohamud asks is this a "war on terror or a war on islam".

I think it started out as a sincere war on terror with no thought to islam. But now that we are involved and have looked under the hood, most reasonable people have to conclude that this cancer on the world must be excised. The sooner the better.

[MrMP81]

The reasoning for comments like the callers is simple.

The War was pre-planned since 1998 ( The Iraq Liberation Act ) With the Neo-Cons & Zionists to control the Middle East Entirely. They are only going after those they don't have a hand in, Syria, Iran, ( Iraq - war ), Etc. They resent people who believe in religion over power and $.

If you look at it from the third eye, it's solely for Israels interest. No one was or ever will be a Threat to the U.S. if we minded our own business.

[thomasst2]

Actually I this war has been planned since before the First Gulf War. During the 1960's, the CIA put the Ba'athists in power and now presumably had Iraq, Iran with the Shah, Saudi Arabia (world's 3 largest oil countries coincidentally) and Israel as "allies" in the region. When Iran overthrew the Shah in '79, The US, Europe and China supported Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War to subdue Iran to presumably install a US puppet. Later the US lost control of Iraq too and set them up for war to control them.

[MrMP81]

Well, if you wanted to digg further to the first root of it all then...ok then -=)

[thomasst2]

I completely agree with you. If you go back even further to the UK/Iran Anglo-Iranian Oil company, US recognition of Israel, despite contradiction of the Sykes-Picot and the Faisal-Weizmann agreements in 1917, and nuclear ambiguity for Israel, US/Saudi 50% sharing of oil industry in the early 20th century, the goal has been control of the largest energy deposits thru "allies." When the "allies" threaten independence, one ally is used to destroy the other, or US Intel/military does it directly.

[thomasst2]

Modern Militant Islam has resulted from Western intervention. The Arab World and Iran supported the British during WWI to overthrow the German/Ottoman Empires, but were rewarded with occupation, against their British-made agreement. Since then, there has been constant intervention by the West for oil control. The "rogue" states, small but determined, resort to terrible guerrilla warfare to maintain sovereignty, but may contend the corrupt empirical West must be destroyed for world peace.

[amirz001]

good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jitler23]

We are one terror attack away from becoming a completely fascist society with a dictator. Our leaders in America are praying for another terror attack so that they can get the people fully behind this bogus war again - if that weren't true, we'd have closed the borders by now as well as enforce our immigration laws.

[zaazi123]

usa caused it all you fool

[ijosdeputisima]

move israel to florida¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

religion was the way of living peacefully in the past and religion wil be the way of living pecefully in the future, but now i pray the muslims unite and show all the world that ppl can stand against iperialism, capitalism,secularism, zionism & wafa sultan and show ppl over the wrld that we can choose to live more relaxed peceful and spiritual life to prevent the destruction of mankind¡¡¡¡¡¡alahuakbar¡¡¡¡¡¡

[zackaria21]

shut the hell up

[61markt]

Excellent exposee, devoid of nonsensical rhetoric of portraying muslims as islamofascist. What needs to be addressed is the resurgent christofascism which aim to destroy the middle east so that their jesus can come again. Through mindless support for Israel's violence against the Palestenians, they think the jews will convert to christianity when their jesus does come around. Carpet bombing Iraq and Afghnistan will not make the muslims submit to the Europeans. Peaceful trade and respect will

[lproth]

What is happening to all you Aussies? Why is it that every one of you wishes to suck on Islamic cock. Your women have more balls than you. Peace, respect and understanding??? All this while the son of bitch is cutting your head off for PR. Damn.......!

[kkoykar]

Everyone commenting here just needs to stop focusing on picking a debate with some uncredible opinion. Just watch this and learn something. Don't pick a fight. These people are more credible than you.

[garboard1]

I couldn't agree more kkoykar. Some folks just don't want to understand.

[anthonyfoxtrott]

Michael Scheuer is a failure. At Job. And as a Person.

[chefsanders70]

Zeitgeist!

[skyliquid2003]

WHY do they not know the name RON PAUL they say one understands it or is saying anything about what causes it. DOES he have to carve it in his forehead?? Is ALjazeera and Real NEWS both joining in the Ron Paul blackout??

[2012watcher]

Barack Hussien Obama was a registered and practicing Islamic Muslim under the name of Barry Soetoro...You have to change your name to change your religion?

[Otacrack]

seriously are you fucking retarded?

[hajqbvii]

ok Hillary....feel better?

[seankhn]

Huh? Where are you getting all this nonsensical information from?

[DonSimonBolivar]

The war on terror has actually increased repression of basic human rights. For example it has given every nation an opportunity to repress peoples freedoms. Because now every nation rallies behind this "War on terror" and has created worse situations.

[DonSimonBolivar]

Thank You Young Lady for the incite. But let me give you the opposite of what you are saying as a moderate. This is a war on Islam and their way of life. Why? Because in the Newspaper they had a report that investors want to build hotel locations in the green zone. This is what some generals are expiring to do. You already have built a structure of building but now investors from the West want to build Hotels and other accommodation's. This is destroying their way of life its just as a 500pbomb

[DonSimonBolivar]

What Muslims feel now is what African, Latinos, Native Indians, Asians have been feeling. Its what you call racial profiling. Welcome to America where if you look a certain way. You get arrested in a moderate jail. With a moderate bed and a moderate tooth brush.

[btigtime2]

When Gas is unstable. Our Economy is unstable. Our Jobs are unstable and wages devalued. Our Dollar is tanking.

We will lose this war if it last much longer.

America was a great nation.

[henrybesmer]

Another quality video AlJazeera.

[cycimian]

Binladins dead, Bhuttos dead? CIA created the base for terror, Talk about a self sustaining system on this oil agenda by the Texas mafia.

[Tupiii89]

all the callers are Muhammeds. LOL

[buzzin1975]

that's because every stupid Muslim male has Mohammed in his name.

[ewhoa1]

Good stuff.