Even if that assessment is granted for the sake of argument, what of the larger context of the war on Islamist terror?

And does he really think the war on terror is a root cause, rather than a reaction to Islamist terror?

But let's stop blaming the west for Islamist terror.

I, as an undecided voter, need to hear the Democrats' plan for fighting this war against Islamist terror.

He has noted that since 9/11, Israel has sought to identify itself with the US as a "fellow victim of Islamist terror".

To even suggest equivalence between years of Islamist terror and the far Right, based on a single, awful case, is deeply dangerous and false.

"This is the root of the conflict between Islamist terror and the West."

Tellingly, Moscow justified the incursion by pointing out that it, too, is fighting a war against Islamist terror.

It first got to grips with secular terrorism, but found the upcoming Islamist terror much more difficult to penetrate.

Nor does it bring to an end anything other than the living embodiment and inspiration of Islamist terror.