Reconsidering the War on Terror
Aug 2007, Vol. 152, No. 4
By Paul Rogers
We are now into the fourth year of the Iraq War and enter the start of the seventh year of conflict in Afghanistan in October. There is every sign that the War on Terror as a whole will extend well into a second decade and, unless there are major changes in policy, may even dominate the first half of the Twenty-first century. So far, the war has cost the lives of close to 4,000 coalition soldiers and has wounded at least 30,000 more, many of them seriously. The civilian casualties have been appalling, with at least 100,000 killed in Iraq and thousands more in Afghanistan. Coalition states have so far detained well over 100,000 people without trial, some of them for more than five years. Prisoner abuse, rendition and torture have become commonplace and anti- Americanism has surged in many parts of the world.
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By Paul Rogers
We are now into the fourth year of the Iraq War and enter the start of the seventh year of conflict in Afghanistan in October. There is every sign that the War on Terror as a whole will extend well into a second decade and, unless there are major changes in policy, may even dominate the first half of the Twenty-first century. So far, the war has cost the lives of close to 4,000 coalition soldiers and has wounded at least 30,000 more, many of them seriously. The civilian casualties have been appalling, with at least 100,000 killed in Iraq and thousands more in Afghanistan. Coalition states have so far detained well over 100,000 people without trial, some of them for more than five years. Prisoner abuse, rendition and torture have become commonplace and anti- Americanism has surged in many parts of the world.
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