>>However, we in the West didn’t have much of a problem with Islam until 9/11
So we should ignore the ‘72 Olympics, the first WTC attack by the Blind Sheik’s people, and a myriad of other events? Sorry, but your knowledge of history on this is woefully incomplete. See my FR profile page and scroll down to the section on Selected ROP activities. Read until you get to 9/11, then then let’s discuss your assertion here, shall we?
Yep, long history goes back 1400 yrs. I do think 911 was the beginning of WWIII.
‘72 Munich Olympics and first WTC attacks were not on a scale as 9/11. Certainly there has never been an Islamic Terrorist attack on a scale of 9/11 on US soil before that event.
Equally, there was never a gradual and steady rolling back of civil liberties, hysteria and continuous fear in the West because of Islamic Terrorism prior to 9/11.
Since 9/11, we’ve had 2 major wars (Iraq and Afghanistan, still continuing, after 15 years, with no resolution in sight. Not to mention Syria, Yemen and Libya. We’ve been perpetually at war for the last 15 years.
All the above are significant. Hopefully your professed knowledge of history and awareness of current events serve you well.
And, if the US was in fact concerned about ‘Islamic Terrorism’ and ROP, we wouldn’t have bombed Christian serbs, arming the mujahedin in Afghanistan, a group of which later turned into the Taliban, as well as helping the Islamic Regime come to power in Iran - all prior to 9/11.
My point is as I said previously, most Islamic terrorism is regionally focused (except those who claim to belong to “ISIS” & “Al Qaeda”, entities that did not exist before 9/11). We need to move out of the ME and the muslim world, not add fuel to fire.