Over the last two decades, every U.S. military intervention has been justified by humanitarian concerns. These occurred in areas that had been part of the Ottoman Empire and where secular regimes were replaced by Islamist ones. From bombing Serbia in support of Izetbegovic’s Muslim Regime in Bosnia in 1995 up to the so-called “Arab Spring”, none would have succeeded without American intervention. Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Iraq and Egypt, had also been part of the Ottoman Empire, and also ended up with Islamist influence or complete dominance as a result of U.S. policies.
Today, there is much talk about the rise of the Muslim Caliphate and the CIA; the latter’s former members are not immune from blame. We can even take former CIA Director James Woolsey (1993-95) as an example of someone spreading a disinformation campaign.
I met Woolsey and found him to be a fox in sheep’s clothing the moment I spoke with the man. He lauded the Sufi brand of Islam when I met him in Detroit years prior to the Arab Spring. I asked him “Indeed, if Sufi Islam is peaceful, name me the Sufi leader who promotes peace?” He responded, “Hisham Kabbani”. But before we expose both Kabbani or Woolsey, let us present a speech Woolsey gave a year or two prior to that meeting, in order to show the fox. In that speech he strongly implied that leaders of Middle Eastern countries should be toppled in order to make the Saudis and Egyptian regime of Mubarak ‘nervous’ while he neglected to explain what would fill the vacuum:
Today, there is much talk about the rise of the Muslim Caliphate and the CIA; the latter’s former members are not immune from blame. We can even take former CIA Director James Woolsey (1993-95) as an example of someone spreading a disinformation campaign.
I met Woolsey and found him to be a fox in sheep’s clothing the moment I spoke with the man. He lauded the Sufi brand of Islam when I met him in Detroit years prior to the Arab Spring. I asked him “Indeed, if Sufi Islam is peaceful, name me the Sufi leader who promotes peace?” He responded, “Hisham Kabbani”. But before we expose both Kabbani or Woolsey, let us present a speech Woolsey gave a year or two prior to that meeting, in order to show the fox. In that speech he strongly implied that leaders of Middle Eastern countries should be toppled in order to make the Saudis and Egyptian regime of Mubarak ‘nervous’ while he neglected to explain what would fill the vacuum:
