Interesting approach to the same old question

"The question is not what to do in Afghanistan, the question is how to respond to an organised international criminal conspiracy." I found this quote in an interview with Andrew Bacevich, professor at Boston University. Bacevich argues that militant Islamism is not an existential threat and should be treated as organised crime, rather than an enemy that we have to defeat militarily.

An international police effort is, according to Bacevich, the appropriate response. He makes a comparison with the (police-)fight against the Mafia that obviously does not include the military occupation of countries.

Bacevich, a retired Colonel of the US Army, shares many more interesting ideas, so make sure to check out the rest of the interview at the Democracy Now! website, or click here.