Sen. Hillary Clinton says not all terrorists are the same
Senator Hillary Clinton, says all terrorists cannot be lumped together whether the LTTE or the Basque separatists, and that, though they all may be connected in the tactics they use, the goals they are fighting for are different.
In an interview with Guardian, Mrs. Clinton, a US Presidential candidate, says that in her view terrorism is a tool that has been utilized throughout history to achieve certain objectives — some ideological, others territorial.
“The bottom line is: you can’t lump all terrorists together. And I think we’ve got to do a much better job of clarifying what are the motivations, the raisons d’être of terrorists. I mean, what the Tamil Tigers are fighting for in Sri Lanka, or the Basque separatists in Spain, or the insurgents in al-Anbar province may only be connected by tactics.
They may not share all that much in terms of what is the philosophical or ideological underpinning. And I think one of our mistakes has been painting with such a broad brush, which has not been particularly helpful in understanding what it is we were up against when it comes to those who pursue terrorism for whichever ends they’re seeking,” she said. [Photo courtesy: 2004dnc.com]
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