[news] Anti-Americanism & the Taliban

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By Pervez Hoodbhoy - July 02, 2008

There is, of course, reason for people in Pakistan and across the world to feel negatively about America...[T]he United States has for decades waged illegal wars, bribed, bullied and overthrown governments, supported tyrants, undermined movements for progressive change...American hypocrisy has played into the hands of Islamic militants. They have been vigorously promoting the notion that this is a bipolar conflict of Islam...versus imperialism. Many Pakistanis, who desperately want someone to stand up to the Americans, buy into this...This is a fatal mistake...A Taliban victory would transport us into the darkest of dark ages.  


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