That's exactly what it says, but it points to radicals, specifically bin Laden, and explains WHY they do it. Not just some vast, faceless, nameless "they".
The article said:
Perhaps that is the plan: Goad Muslims into hating the West so much that anything goes.
I read that as saying WE are mounting this war to goad the Muslims into hating the west. My point is that there are large numbers of them that hate us anyway. My second point is that if we were mounting a war for the purpose of manipulating Muslim public opinion, the more logical approach would be to make them FEAR us. They seem to be of the opinion they can do anything to us and get away with it. They need to understand that's not the case.
"...bin Laden is attempting to unify the radical Muslims living in moderate Muslim states. He would like nothing more than to have them overthrow those states so that he can unify them and install himself as the leader of one large radical Islamic nation, and wage war against the West. As evidence of this, he pointed out that bin Laden has not shown much interest in the Palestinians in the past. Now he is speaking out in their behalf in order to gain their support.""Of course most Muslims do not support such violence as terrorism. However watching a Muslim country being bombed day after day might change the minds of even the most moderate and cause them to support bin Laden. Perhaps that is the plan: Goad Muslims into hating the West so much that anything goes."
The premise is that bin Laden is attacking us in order to goad us into retaliation, so that in turn, Muslims can be goaded into hating us.