Are Efforts to Reduce Terrorism Successful? | America’s Dependence on Foreign Oil Is Undermining Efforts to Reduce Terrorism
Gar Smith is editor of the Edge, Environmental News from the Brink. He writes regularly about political and environmental issues.
The United States is the main target of global terrorism because its dependence on foreign oil forces it to maintain a resented presence around the world. Anti-American sentiment (a lead cause of terrorism) is fanned when America supports corrupt dictatorships in order to have access to oil. Additionally, because America buys oil from many countries that have ties to terrorism, Americans’ own dollars end up lining the pockets of...
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