Saying we caused the rise of terrorism is just excuse making. Those fucking heathens have been around for thousands of years beheading, raping and pillaging and making a general demonic nuisance of themselves. The U.S. has only been around less than 300 years. No matter what we did or will do radical Islam is not the result of it. I was watching an interview on some Islamic channel news the other night and a woman was making this very point to a hate filled Imam. I suppose she's probably got a fatwa against her now.