Former Senator and the Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, proposed Friday to establish an international organization to fight terrorism.
Edwards outlined a bold new strategy to wipe out terrorism and bring security back to Americans when he delivered a speech at the Pace University Michael Schimmel Center in New York.
He called for a "smart, tough and targeted" method to counter terrorism since President George W. Bush's war policy in Afghanistan and Iraq was proved failed.
To find this approach "require us to look beyond the structures of WW II and the Cold War to new tools that will allow us to target terrorism more precisely," he said, adding "It will require sustained U.S. leadership but the kind that leverages the power of partnerships rather than going it alone."
If being elected as the president, Edwards said he would launch a comprehensive counter-terrorism policy defined by two principles -- strength and cooperation, based on which a new multilateral organization, called the Counter-terrorism and Intelligence Treaty Organization (CITO) can be created.
"CITO will allow members to voluntarily share financial, police, customs and immigration intelligence," and "Together, nations will be able to track the way terrorists travel, communicate, recruit, train and finance their operations," he said.
Edwards called on all young people to put aside their differences with the government's war policies and, instead, help rebuild America's standing in the world.
The speech was made days before the 6th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States as part of a two-day attempt of Edwards to gain more votes in New York.
Source: Xinhua
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