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{{data.pair|Text|(by [[James Taranto]]) "Root, Root, Root for the Bomb Team": &ldquo;That's right, the [[New York Times|Times]] is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the [[root causes of terrorism]]"! Now granted, one can talk of the root causes of terrorism without slipping into [[liberal]] weeniedom. This column has long endorsed the theory that terrorism springs from the tyrannical and fanatical political culture that prevails in most of the [[Arab]] and [[Muslim]] worlds. The [[Bush II administration|Bush administration]] subscribes to this theory too, which is why it has embarked upon a strategy of democratization, a key element of which was [[US justifications for invading Iraq|regime change in Iraq]]. .. Do the editorialists at the Times disagree with this theory? No, apparently they are completely oblivious to it. First they complain about the failure to deal with "root causes," then they scratch their collective head over why we're "mired in Iraq."&rdquo;}}<noinclude>
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<let name=data index=Title>Root, Root, Root for the Bomb Team</let>
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<let name=data index=TextShort>&ldquo;That's right, the ''[[New York Times|Times]]'' is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the [[root causes of terrorism]]"!&rdquo;</let>
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<p>So what does the ''[[New York Times]]'' have to say about [[7-7|yesterday's terrorist murders in London]] of more than 50 people at last count? Here's a quote from the paper's lead editorial of today:</p>
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<p>That fear has already led to questions about why the British security agencies did not anticipate the attacks, why the wealthy nations have not done enough about the root causes of terrorism and why Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden continue to function after almost four years of the '''so-called [[war on terror]]ism'''. Many will wonder why the United States is mired in Iraq while Al Qaeda's leader still roams free.</p>
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<p>There are no easy answers to these questions.</p>
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<p>That's right, the ''[[New York Times|Times]]'' is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the [[root causes of terrorism]]"! Now granted, one can talk of the root causes of terrorism without slipping into [[liberal]] weeniedom. This column has long endorsed the theory that terrorism springs from the tyrannical and fanatical political culture that prevails in most of the [[Arab]] and [[Muslim]] worlds. The [[Bush-Cheney administration|Bush administration]] subscribes to this theory too, which is why it has embarked upon a strategy of democratization, a key element of which was [[US justifications for invading Iraq|regime change in Iraq]].</p>
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<p>Do the editorialists at the ''Times'' disagree with this theory? No, apparently they are completely oblivious to it. First they complain about the failure to deal with "root causes," then they scratch their collective head over why we're "mired in Iraq."</p>
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