It's not me saying it. The Pentagon itself made such claims even before 9/11. https://www.cato.org/publications/foreign-policy-briefing/does-us-intervention-ov

It's not me saying it. The Pentagon itself made such claims even before 9/11. https://www.cato.org/publications/foreign-policy-briefing/does-us-intervention-overseas-breed-terrorism-historical-record https://www.cato.org/publications/foreign-policy-briefing/do... Do you really think an entire population will just accept a foreign nation obliterating their lives completely, without at least a small amount of revolt groups wanting revenge? Now that would be naïve.