The so-called "War on Terror" is in fact exactly what it claims to be fighting against. It is a war OF terror, directed at populations in the countries and regions it targets. It kills a tremendously greater number of people than any of the officially labelled "terrorists" have killed and it provokes an enlargement of the very conflict which it is the author of.

It serves as the primary motivator and recruitment incentive for the Muslim fighters who take up arms to resist it.

It is a Big Lie....Orwellian doubletalk. It is what it pretends to by fighting against. And that's typical. The greatest terrorist outfit in the world at the present time is the USA's own military forces who imagine that they are fighting terrorism.

This is not the fault of American soldiers. I have a great deal of empathy for the American soldiers who are simply young men following orders and doing what they think is the right thing to do. They've been told they are defending their country and fighting terrorism and they believe it, as would most young men in their position being told what they are told. I have no grudge against them whatsoever.

It's their leaders who sent them to war who are responsible for the situation, not the soldiers.