American Buddhist Net

Hans Koechler

At the beginning of the 21st century, a comprehensive analysis of the notion and practice of the so-called “global war on terror” and the role that has been “assigned” to Islam in this antagonistic, almost hypocritically Manichaean, post-September 11 scenario has remained a desideratum – in spite of all the proclamations to the contrary. My preliminary philosophical reflections focus on the aspect of the “metaphysical enemy” in the context of the actual discourse on terrorism and the global order...

...a refusal to investigate – sine ira et studio – the “key” terrorist events of recent times – and in particular the “defining moment” of the “global war on terror,” the atrocities of September 11, 2001. Instead of dealing with the contradictions and inconsistencies in the official version of events and the numerous gaps in terms of the factual information, a “dogma of political correctness” has been promulgated according to which 19 Islamic-inspired Arab hijackers, directed by an elusive “Al-Qaeda” (“base”), succeeded in carrying out the acts all by themselves. Several other cases of recent history where the political establishment stubbornly refused to investigate the real causes of terrorist incidents could also be mentioned here.

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