Right now, we have an Army (and Marines) in the field fighting two skirmishing wars, to keep this country safe from a non-centralized (some say net-centric) terror-political threat based on extreme interpretations of Islam.
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That is a bold faced lie.

A bold faced lie propagated by Saudi propagandists, C4 being the prime example on this here blog. This fake war the US is wasting trillions of dollars on, is the result of Saudi money corrupting the American political decision making process. Jihadi interpretations have always been the same. It’s the means to affect these interpretations that has changed.