Fascism always seeks to divide (and conquer). The best way to divide is to push people's identities into extreme opposite positions, and then set them against one another. Fascism is a $ySStem that MUST always have an enemy, in order to justify its high military spending and need for war. When the Cold War ended, a new international enemy had to be found. So...the "Muslim fanatic", a vital former US ally in the breaking up of the Soviet Empire, became the new enemy of choice in Washington, and that suited Israel's desires to a "T". It was an enemy perfectly calculated to strike fear in the hearts of Americans, and encourage them to assist in the building of an authoritarian regime on a world crusade in search of OIL...and WAR. They who live by military spending must always have either a war...or the imminent threat of one. Otherwise, they stand to lose their favoured position. The best war is one that never really ends, for such people.