Almost all human rights violations and atrocities committed the world over since the Second World War have been perpetrated by either the U.S. or by monsters such as al- Qaeda and the IS that are indirectly spawned by the American foreign policy (“IS, Frankenstein’s monster unleashed,” Aug. 27). Analysing the U.S. bombing of Tripoli (1986), Stephen Shalom wrote in Imperial Alibis (1993): “If terrorism is defined as politically motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets, then one of the most serious incidents of international terrorism of the year was precisely this U.S. raid on Libya.”
C.V. Sukumaran,Palakkad
The Frankenstein’s monster that the IS has grown into did not appear out of thin air. Western ideological encouragement of Islamic jihadists has led to the threat looming large over international security. In opposing the Assad regime, the U.S. ended up creating a worse situation for not only Syria but the whole world. The Obama administration seems to have learnt nothing.
Sarbani Mohapatra,Kolkata
