When president Musharraf visited USA recently he made some explicit statements. These statements were well covered on Pakistan news channles and recently have also been shown on BBC. Part of the statement is here:
I think, (other than ?) Iraq, the root of all of them—whether Iraq or Afghanistan or Lebanon lies in Palestine. I think we should strike at solving Palestine first. That will create effect everywhere else, including on the whole of terrorism and extremism. It will create effect. And then we come on to other countries.
Now, if you’re especially talking of Iraq, I would say if you are dealing with Iraq or Lebanon, we are putting the cart before the horse. Things will keep happening until we solve the original case of Palestine, which happens to be the core which is driving people to extremism and terrorism, which are driving people to these suicide bombs, which is even driving people to these subway bombings in London—or anywhere in the world. We need to get to the core, and that is Palestine.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11540/I have a question, did CNN or any major USA media network cover this statement? I think no. The view above is common among muslims. You dont have to agree with it, but considering that the west believes in debate/discussion, then what is this, your not even listening to your own allies ! Bush and Blair continue saying that 'war on terror' has nothing to do with Palestine or US troop prescence in middle east....
