Did the US (and its allies) cause the rise of islamic terrorism?
399909
its yes and no answer. The Americans supported and armed the Mujadin during the 1980's in which a lot  of terrorist   leaders got their training and learned how to fight against a formal country in this case Soviets in Afghanistan during the 1980's. And after the Soviets left the Afghanistan we left the rebels high and dry and they were forced to a civil war. Has for the terrorism part especially suicide bombings it didn't start until the Iran and Iraq war were a young man (16 i believe) strapped on a bomb went after an Iraqi tank.  Khomeini the leader of Iran during this time saw an opportunity    were he can be idolized just like on of the successors to Mohammad was after a battle were the warriors were claimed to be Martyrs. The Americans did not back this regime but they backed Iraq's and prior regime in Iran. So, they were seen has the enemies. So, in short  both Americans and English did play a part in the rise of Islamic terrorism but it was also some Muslims leaders played a part in it.
448795
It´s a factor certainly. The only way to win the war on terror is to completely reverse its foreign policy. Of course that maniac has decided invasion is a better idea.
809877
Not only is it a possibility it is very likely. The US employees Intelligence Tatics (CIA, and secret military units) overseas. These units live in the country as nationals, speak the language, have a job and so on. They are there in case they ever needed and would be the preemptive strike in the event of war with that country. This is fact that these units are there, not conspiracy theory.\nWould not be easier in the US for people of another country to do the same thing? I mean in American we preach diversity, we teach foreign child in their own language at our tax payers expense. We embrace multi-culturism and acceptance. Would it not be easy for a Muslim terrorist group to form within a government protected Muslim church? \nI am not saying that all Muslims are terrorist, but with our acceptance of diverse cultures and the lack of assimilation that is desired by many Americans, the extreme Muslims who are terrorist could come to American and fit in quite nicely.
790657
well the way i see it america brought evil and destruction to a soverighn state, they were a peacefull state before the invasion, another war where america is responsible whether directly or indirectly for the deaths of houndreds of thousands of civillians.good will overcome evil and im not a muslim.
882525
I think that's what provoked the US to begin with, 9-11.   Radical Islamic terrorists do not care about little details like families.
786568
NO!\nAnd the only people who claim the U.S. government was involved in 9/11 are MUSLIMS who are trying to fix their public relations problem!\nNotice all the websites with false claims to the origins of 9/11 come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, and other Muslim countries.  These people are simply trying to deflect their guilt by shifting the blame to the Americans, the Israelis, and anyone else whom they hate.
918842
Nope.  In fact, as is typical of short sighted america, our actions while having the intent of bringing stability to the region, actually brought significant instability.
1056338
US will never succeed. Like it`s needless saying that we can prevent the bad efffects of globalization. \n\nWorld terrorism is quite a complex problem nowadays. And of course it encompasses not only anti-US movements in the Third World Countries, but also the inner terrorism in developed ones.\nLet`s take Britain, for example. A lot have been said about the origin of the sucide bombers in London Underground. And very important point is that they were Britts. Immigrants, but brits.Brits in their style, manners,views.\n\nTerrorism is not just muslim affair t all.It`s wrong statement made up only to create an enemy,which will unite a nation. I think government easily uses this tactic:we need a "small victirious war".\n\nBut the origins of the terrorism lay deep inside the structure of the society. It is probably us, who create reall terrorists. Us and people we elect. You are absolutely right about iranian family hatred with America. I think you may be also interested in the book "Why world hates America?" (unfortunattely, I have forgotten the author). \n\nDo you remembtr Huntington`s "Clashes of civilizations"? Don`t you find it somehow coincides with today situation?
16514
The book "Whats So Great About America" has the answers to this question. But in brief, I think education and military force and vigilance are the answers. \n\nWith education, terrorism and fanaticism can be halted in future generations. With miltary strength and vigilance, we can guard against present threats and strike back as well.\n\nWe need Islamic countries as allies, or else we will continually be seen as the Great Satan. But I think we should be allies with a progressive nation like the UAE.
834886
Depends which Country the USA is bombing the crap out of at the time I think.
507665
Of course! Don't forget than Osama Bin Laden was trained in the USA in the early 80's. The american government needed a motive to declare the so-called "war against terrorism". And to succeed that it sacrificed its own people...
1110303
The problem with the question is that there are many diffrent terrorist factions, many with diffrent motives.\n\nI will address specifically Bin Landen's Al Queda, and theocratic facist. This story does involve Iraq.\n\nOnce upon a time........\n\n*The US was fighting in the cold war with Russia.\n*We financed and armed Afgan rebels to repell the Russians.\n**Bin Laden in the conflict in Afganistan becomes a CIA assest.\n**Bin Landen surives a granade attack, and believes that his God had saved him. He becomes hardcore fundamentilist. \n**Through Islam he see the west as infidels who want to conquer the Muslim world for oil, ect ect ect...\n**FAST foward to BUSH 1,  G. Herbert Bush...and Regan, we support Sadam against the regime in Iran.\n**We give Sadam WMD's, gasses you name it to use against Iran.\n**Meanwhile we are also arming Iran in order to support the Contras war in El Salvador..hence "Iran Contra"\n** Iraq and Sadam are screwed over by russia financially, so they want to take over Kwait which they claim is theirs and which they claim is slant drilling.\n********************** Sadam sends an embassador to the US to OK his actions of invading Iraq...because the US was thier Ally.\n**Sadam invades, the united states convinces Sudia Arabia with doctored photos Iraq troop build up on the Sudi border.\n** The US builds the Bin Sultan Air Base in Sudia Aribia.\n**US leaves Iraq in oder to not create a Islamic State like Iran.\n\n***Bin Laden see the Bin Sultan Air Base as part of the west's attack on mulism culture and will not have the US on Muslim holy land.\n***project for a new american century writes papers and stratiegies to invade the Middle East in order to secure oil.\n**WTC is hit the first time early in Clintons presidency....\nwe capture the people involved and convict.\n***While Bush is govener, Tali Ban Represntetives come to Texas, most likely to discuss the planned pipeline through their country.\n\n*******Before leaving office the Clinton white house reports that the greatest threat facing the new century is Terrorism.\n**Bush 2 takes office, Representative  go to Afganistan again offer "carpet of gold or carpet of bombs." in order to build pipeline for gas and oil intrest.\n**Bush vacations on his ranch and never meets with Counter Terriosm expert...ever. \n**PDB, Bin Laden determined to attack...\n** Our country is attacked. It is worst attack since pearl habor.\n** The US prepares for the Afganistan and Iraq.\n**Conflicts between CIA and DOD leave the CIA with no troop support.\n**Bin Laden escapes Tora Bora\n** DOD takes over intellegence...for Iraq invasion\n** Pressures CIA to find any, connection.\n** DOD produces information which the CIA disputes.\n**DOD relys on  Greman source Curveball, as sole source for Powell speach to UN.\n**War in Iraq\n** Al Queda tries to start a civil war to, zarquari wanting to literally kill all the shieite\n**The Sunni and shieite start a civil war for power.\n**Bathist, Sadam Loyalist begin guriella warfare\n**Torture fotos are released from Guantanimo bay...add fuel to Fundemantalist Muslim hate.\n** We create a traing ground, create an enviroment of civil war, and create a sense of Western colonization in the Muslim World.\nwe closed the Bin Sultan airbase in the end.\n*\n*
991487
There have been "home-grown terrorists" in America almost as long as the continent has been settled by Europeans.\n\nAt first they occured only sporadically, and the damage they did was mostly to wildlife and nature. We now remember them as "trappers" and did had a devastating effect on the natural balance of the American environment.\nWith immigration numbers rising, they became more numerous and extended their terrorist activities towards the native people, then called "Red Indians", but now acknowledged as Native Americans (even though their own origin lay in Asia). After a while of private terror, the new USA and her army joined in and created an early system of state-sponsored terrorism. This was so effective that most of the Native Americans were wiped out.\n\nParallel to this development a large number of private terror gangs established themselves in the so-called "Wild West" as guns for hire who would terrorise anyone regardless of colour, ethnicity, creed and status as long as they were payed for it or gained profit from it in other ways.\n\nSince the late 19th century these gangs also operated beyond the US borders, first in Mexico and Canada, then also in Central and South America and further afield. In 1898 the state joined in once more with the American-Spanish War, sending bands of terrorising shock troops to the Spanish colonies of Cuba and the Philippines. \nEver since terrorists "home-grown in the USA" have brought fear and violence to many parts of the world, either as individuals and small goups operating for private interests, or as large organised military bodies known as the US Marine Corps and the US Army.\n\nFor the past 60 years a new dimension has entered that frame: US lead and financed undercover operations, organised by the CIA and other state agencies. These involve Americans as well as large numbers of foreigners under US control.\nOne of the most recent of these groups is "Al Qaeda", which was formed by the CIA as a Muslim spearhead against the Russians occupying Afghanistan. They recruited fighters in the Middle East, trained, armed and financed them and selected their leader, a Saudi Arabian multi-millionaire and ex-playboy named Osama bin Laden. They even developed the idea of the modern "jihad", the holy war for political purposes, and the books about it were written and printed at the University of Nebraska. (I saw them myself during the 1980s in Pakistan and Afghanistan.)\nThe group is still under CIA control and by now one of their "black operations" which do offically not exist and are even kept secret from Congress and other political bodies, except the top brass at the White House. They have been used successfully to create a desire for war in the majority of US citizens, to create an excuse for invading and occupying Afghanistan, and partially for the war against Iraq and the continuing illegal occupation of that country.\n\nIt is also known that both CIA and FBI use undercover and sting operations quite regularly, setting up illegal and terrorist groups with taxpayers' money in order to lure gullible idiots into them for participation. Whenever it suits the political leadership, one of these groups is busted and sold to the gullible public as "a great success in the fight against crime and terrorism". The few stupid run-alongs are tried and disappear into jails for the rest of their miserable lives, while the organisers move on to do the same thing all over again elsewhere, spending more taxpayers' money on it. \nAll this together makes the USA the home of 90% of the world's terrorists.
1076403
The USSR invaded Afghanistan, but never captured it as you claimed. That is because the United States assisted the Afghanis against Russia. After all, Russia was our enemy at that time in the cold war and the Afghanis had done nothing to warrant an attack. In return for our assistance, Bin Laden decided to bite the hand that fed him and turn on America in his quest to commit terrorist acts. Is it wrong to try to help someone and be a friend? Is it Americas fault that Bin Laden wanted to commit terrorist acts against us? Just goes to show that you can nothing to help these people. They are the enemy of the world. And you are a stupid jackass!
173840
Very.\n\nThe US has gotten way too conservative since 9/11. We were attacked by terrorists, that doesn't mean its time to freak out and turn the US into a Christian version of the Taliban.\n\nWaaay too uptight. \n\nThe pendulum will swing back at some point though. We won't put up with this ultra-conservative nonsense forever.
769129
Are you asking a question or are you preaching?  The discourse above sounds more like a sermon than a question.\n\nAt one point the US did support Iraq, and Saddam (when they were fighting Iran).  However they were never allies of ours.  The relation ship we had with them was more an "enemy of my enemy" thing.\n\nI doubt seriously that Israel ever trained the Taliban, much less in Pakistan.\n\nI am skeptical about the US "giving $6 billion to Al Qaeda,"  unless you are referring to indirectly through the purchase of oil.\n\nAs for the rest, it seems that it is the sermon part.
889904
It seems so. The USA with the blessings from Pope and the backing of the Zionist Jews has been raising almost a crusade and claims that it would last another 40 years. It seems that till the last Muslim is killed the UK/USA duo will not live in peace. Oil could be the immediate gain but the ultimate target is annihilation of the Islamic community. It is also written in the Quran that by 2011 the Islamic community may be finished. But we pray for peace and China will hit the last nail into the coffin!