A 'long war' in the blowback world

A 'long war' in the blowback world
America tends to think of "blowback" as something in the past, something that ended with the attacks of September 11, 2001. But in the Greater Middle East, one lesson seems clear enough: for 30 years, the United States has been deeply involved in creating, financing and sometimes arming an entire blowback world that will strike again. - Tom Engelhardt (Oct 21, '09

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