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Washington, the summit advertisement reads as follows: “Dedicated to
nuclear security and the threat of nuclear terrorism.” In New York,
the UN’s “ad-hoc committee on measures to eliminate international
terrorism” is gathered to talk about drafting the world’s first
comprehensive convention against terrorism. For the fourteenth time in
ten years.
In Washington, the image is of President Obama sitting on a chair
beaming like a Cheshire cat, opposite some lucky head of state. The
two are surrounded by smiling Obama appointees and everyone agrees that
terrorism is bad. In New York, the very same states agree terrorism is
naughty. It’s just that “resistance,” “armed struggle,” and
“liberation” are not terrorism.
The major stumbling-block to the conclusion of a draft comprehensive
convention against terrorism at the UN has been a concerted effort by
Islamic states to carve out an exception for murdering civilians of
their choosing. Israelis top the list, but Americans are not far behind. (full)
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