Hasty Military Action No Solution to U.S. Crisis

September 18, 2001 - 0:0
While there is still no concrete evidence showing the involvement of a certain individual or group in September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, the U.S. is preparing itself for military operations against Afghanistan.

The United States has set the Taleban militia a three-day deadline to hand over Osama Bin Laden, named by Washington as the prime suspect in the attacks, or face retaliatory action. However, French Foreign Minister, Hubert Vedrine, said on Sunday that Washington has no evidence to prove Bin Laden's involvement in the attacks.

Despite all this, the U.S. seems determined to go ahead with the military operations against Afghanistan and is trying to get the support of other countries in this regard.

It is possible that the U.S. security forces have found some evidence showing the involvement of internal elements and dissident forces known as radical right-wing groups in the attacks, the groups which according to FBI reports have called Camp David, Pentagon and twin towers of the World Trade Center as centers of corruption. But the U.S. is putting the blame on some external elements like Bin Laden in order to preserve its prestige on the international arena.

Therefore, the U.S. planned military operations against Afghanistan are not really aimed at fighting terrorism, as Washington only intends to appease the angry American public through such operations. However, analysts believe that without dealing with the root causes of the incidents, the White House officials cannot be sure that security will be restored in the United States and similar incidents will not be repeated in the future.

The disclosure of the facts about the links between Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, and some elements in the U.S. Army that supported his action could help to identify the real culprits behind the attacks in New York and Washington.