Public Comment

Massacre in Paris

Tejinder Uberoi
Thursday January 15, 2015 - 05:43:00 PM

While no religious groups are immune to violence, there is clearly a greater propensity of violent outrage from Islamist extremists. To murder innocent people, shouting “God is Great’ is surely an affront to Islam and the Creator whom they claim to worship.

However, before we drench ourselves in a false sense of virtue we need to view past events to better understand how we, in the Western world, might have stirred the collective outrage in Muslim countries. 

Islamic terrorists who have been wreaking so much havoc for the last quarter century were bred much the same way as killer bees. A few examples: In 1953 the CIA orchestrated a coup in Iran and overthrew the democratic elected government of Mosaddeq. We then trained, armed and organized young militant Muslims to help repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. When we left them twisting in the wind they turned against us.  

We then aided and abetted Israel in cleansing Palestinians from their ancestral land. Following 9/11 the Bush/Cheney cabal ordered prisoners to be tortured and falsely confess that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attack. The shock and awe of Iraq resulted in hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths.  

We then followed Bin Laden to the caves of Afghanistan unleashing US firepower which fueled intense anger and resentment in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. While these actions were not generated by religious fever they nevertheless resulted in significant fatalities.