Cache; statement by William Pfaff 28-12-2002

"The al-Qaida attacks empowered a policy faction in the United States convinced of America's moral right and political competence to banish 'terror' by reordering international society, guided by an optimism that has no empirical evidence to justify it. In practice, this policy has generated disorder, not order. Two radicalisms -- al-Qaida's and Washington's -- are at work, and in 2003 they will continue to feed on one another." William Pfaff, 12/28/02