WAR Is NOT The Answer: Deaths From Terrorism Increased 4,500% Since Beginning Of War On Terror

[kpete]

Deaths From Terrorism Increased 4,500% Since Beginning Of War On Terror
Between 2007 and 2011, almost half the world’s terror attacks took place in Iraq and Afghanistan -- two countries under active occupation by the United States.
By Kit O'Connell @KitOConnell | December 22, 2015


WASHINGTON — An analysis of terror attacks since 2002 suggests U.S. efforts to combat terrorism — i.e., the “war on terror” — have led to a dramatic increase in death and suffering from terrorism.

Published this year on Sept. 11, Paul Gottinger, a staff reporter for Reader Supported News, analyzed incidents of terrorism from George Bush declaring the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11 through the present, and found a staggering 6,500 percent increase in terrorism. Gottinger, who used data provided by the State Department in his analysis, found that casualties have increased by 4,500 percent.


Countries occupied by or being bombed the U.S. military seem to fare worst of all:

“From 2007 to 2011 almost half of all the world’s terror took place in Iraq or Afghanistan – two countries being occupied by the US at the time.

Countries experiencing US military interventions continue to be subjected to high numbers of terror attacks, according to the data. In 2014, 74 percent of all terror-related casualties occurred in Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Syria. Of these five, only Nigeria did not experience either US air strikes or a military occupation in that year.”

Further illustrating the devastating impact of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Gottinger’s report showed that terror attacks in that country jumped from 208 in 2002 to 11,000 by 2005.


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http://www.mintpressnews.com/212244-2/212244/
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/32339-focus-despite-14-years-of-the-us-war-on-terror-terror-attacks-have-skyrocketed-since-911

[peacebird]

1. Yet another excellent reason to vote for Bernie. He was smart enough to see thru the IWR

and vote against it.

[daleanime]

2. Firmly in the....

Duh category.

[JEB]

3. The War on Terror is causing terrorism to increase.

But the conveyor belt of money from the US treasury to profiteering corporations is running smoothly at high speed. At this rate, how long before we are broke and terror plagued right here?

[Yorktown]

4. The Iraq war and the 'war on terror' were stupid. Doesn't mean war always is.

Yes, GW was a clown who jumped when Ben laden told him to.
Yes, the war on terror created wholesale paranoia for very little result.

But despite these enormous mistakes, 30 years of saudi financing of extreme ideology coupled with the demographic bulge of the Muslim world have created a swelling of militant radicalism which is independent of America's errors.

The rise of radicalism in Tunisia owes nothing to the West.
The Talibans were in power in 2000 and soon will be.
Pakistan and Bangladesh are getting more radicalised by the day
Even Indonesia and Malaysia are growing more intolerant at the grassroot level.
Not to mention the hotspots: Syria, Libya, Egypt, Palestine/Israel, etc

And in all these countries, many clerics portray the West as the decadent and corrupt enemy.

And at the end of the day, enemies must be attacked.
Which might make defensive war unavoidable.

That's where Chomsky errs, by only looking at Uncle Sam's faults,
overlooking storms brewing which are not of the West's making.

[CJCRANE]

9. Where does all the Saudi money come from?

Who made the deal to guarantee their security no matter what?

Where does the money and ideology come from that is radicalizing all those countries you mentioned?

Plus look at the list of countries affected by western intervention?

Afganistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria.

What do they have in common?

More islamic extremism and terrorism after the interventions than before.

[Yorktown]

12. Yes. And?

My point was that the storm is brewing, independently of what the US does.

And, granted, the US behaved foolishly. Thanks to GW.

[ronnie624]

11. The West's duplicitous, underhanded conduct

has been fomenting violence and chaos in Central Asia for much longer than just the past few decades.

And we aren't 'defending' ourselves there, either.

[Yorktown]

13. Yes, and?

Independently of what the US did to Mosaddegh, the islamic bulge would have been brewing.

Post colonial doctators only left space for a religious opposition which is now poised to reap in in many 'Muslim' countries.

Add to the mix Saudi financing and the demographic bulge, and you have the recipe for faith-based imperialist expansionism.

[Scuba]

5. The War on Terror was never meant to reduce terrorism, kinda like the War on Drugs ...

v

[marmar]

6. Yep.

To feed the MIC beast. Terrorism has just replaced communism as the boogeyman.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. We have beome adept at throwing kerosene on fires and being amazed at the results.

And, clinging to the notion that "this time it will be different".

[frizzled]

8. So, it's logical to conclude it has nothing to do with terrorism.

What other reason could the United States have had to destroy a good chunk of the Middle East? That's a real chin scratcher.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. Depends. What's the question? How much has defense spending increased since the GWOT? n/t