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The U.S. just refuses to take the blame

Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star

It is exasperating to listen to American officials pontificate about events in the Middle East and offer what sounds like reasonable proposals to resolve the area’s problems, when those same officials and the entire political power structure they represent refuse to acknowledge that they have played a major role in creating or expanding those problems. This is why it is astounding to watch the United States now lead the military assault against ISIS by using the same techniques that contributed in a major way to the birth and growth of the militant Islamist ideology at the core of ISIS and its criminal deeds.
The latest example of this is a statement the U.S. State Department put out Monday quoting Secretary of State John Kerry.
He stated that “[t]he fight against violent extremism in the Middle East can only truly be won if there are clear and appealing alternatives.”http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2014/Dec-10/280488-the-us-just-refuses-to-take-the-blame.ashx