http://news.ft.com/cms/s/96ed100a-f432-11d9-9dd1-00000e2511c8.html
Ian Buruma
"t would be foolish to deny that western powers have done many bad things, but the arrogant assumption that almost all the world’s ills, from African hunger to mass murder on the London Underground, can be laid at the door of western politicians is not only stupid, but deeply harmful to those who live outside the western world. It lets their own rulers, however murderous, off the hook, and prevents people from taking responsibility for their own societies."
See also: What motivates homegrown terrorists? by Ian Buruma, author and Luce professor of Democracy, Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, New York. Answers questions on the roots of Islamic extremism and the motivations of homegrown terrorists in response to his article Homeland insecurity.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0090f60a-fa02-11d9-b092-00000e2511c8.html
