[John W]

Surely you don't mean the "if we had just treated the arab and/or islamic world better this wouldn't have happened" thesis?

[Spar]

OOHHHH!! very much the opposite, John W!!! Maybe "they" (who ever "they" are) were too friendly to Islamic insurgency movements in the 90s?

As yourself, under Clinton the USA went to war twice for Muslims insurgents in the Balkans (Bosnia and Kosovo) and gave diplomatic support to several others (Macedonian Albanians, Chechens, Chinese Muslim groups).

So I ask "Did we lay down with dogs and get up with fleas? And did we scratch the fleas too late?"