America's Valuable Terrorism List -- L.A. Times
The government's list of state sponsors of terrorism has been an important tool in making the world safer.
The formal removal this month of North Korea from the State Department's list of terrorism-sponsoring nations has touched off some controversy. These criticisms reveal a basic misunderstanding of the concept of this formal designation.
Contrary to comments made by Lionel Beehner in his Oct. 20 Times Op-Ed article, "America’s useless terrorism list,” the so-called terrorism list does not exist "solely to punish our enemies" or to strong-arm countries on other issues. Such assertions are nonsense and show no understanding of the history or purpose of the terrorism list.
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My Comment: A good review on the effectiveness of this list. A must read for those who are interested on why export controls and designating states as terror states is important.