The War on Terror was the right response to 9/11
Have the West\u2019s efforts to eradicate Al-Qaeda around the world simply been fuelling the flames of hatred and violence? Or would we have suffered even more atrocities if we\u2019d left the militants to plot in their hiding places? Is the US right to be pursuing its hard line against militants in countries such as Pakistan and Yemen? \n\nThese are just some of the questions explored in this Intelligence Squared debate from September 2011, which saw former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen Graffy defend the motion.\n\nOpposing the motion were former French foreign minister and co-founder of M\xe9decins Sans Fronti\xe8res Bernard Kouchner and former UK Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York Sir Jeremy Greenstock.\n\nThe debate was chaired by BBC World News presenter Zeinab Badawi.\n\nThanks to Audible for supporting the Intelligence Squared podcast. Get a free audiobook of your choice at audiblepodcast.com/debate. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\n \n\xa0See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices