LAHORE: An American academic, political commentator and scholar, Dr KevinBarrett, has opined that former US President Barack Obama is “either wildlydetached from reality or lying through his teeth while talking about Osamabin Laden and terrorism”.
Dr. Kevin Barrett made these remarks in one of his very recent TVinterviews, while commenting on a speech made by Obama at the HindustanTimes Leadership Summit — an annual meeting of business tycoons, worldleaders and Nobel laureates — in New Delhi.
Speaking during the event, the former US president had stated that Pakistandid not know the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, and that“Washington does not distinguish between terrorist groups which targetIndia and those that target the United States”.
Barrett said further, “Obviously, every government does take a primaryinterest in so-called terrorist groups that target it”. And as the termterrorist is very confusing, Obama may have been playing with the lack ofclarity in that term”.The true meaning of terrorism is ‘intentionally targeting civilians,’” Dr.Barrett said.
“And Obama, of course, is here with people from India who view theliberation struggle in Kashmir as terrorism, while it is not. The Kashmiriliberation forces are primarily non-violent just like in Palestine, but tothe extent that they do target India, they target Indian soldiers inKashmir, and that is their right under international law,” says theAmerican scholar, adding.“The Indian government, especially the extremistelement, has partnered with the elements of the US and Israeli Deep Statein trying to smear the Kashmiri liberation struggle by creating false flagterrorism in India in which civilians are slaughtered”..
Dr Barrett also asserted: “And Obama, of course, was going with theofficial version of the Mumbai attacks when he said the US was just asinterested in prosecuting the attackers of the 2008 Mumbai slaughter asIndia was. But those attacks have been proven to be a false flag by theelements of the Indian government itself, in partnership with the UnitedStates”..
Dr Barret has also recommended a 800-page book written by Elias Davidsonwhose title is ‘The Betrayal of India: [A Close Look at the 2008 MumbaiTerror Attacks]’.