FBI surrounds house of Saudi student after sightings of him with pressure cooker pot

Then you're using the wrong word's.

Noun

The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.


Drug cartels manipulate the black market of essentially drugs and weapons, use the money and influence to pay off authorities. Look at mexico, that is terrorism, what exactly does Muslim zealots want? They have no demands besides "die", that sounds more like a genocide issue.

Lol, you really are very condescending when you post. The definition you just provided is exactly what I said (although I admit more eloquently stated). Fine. I can see how they could be engaging in some terrorism considering they need to change the political climate of Mexico in order for them to successfully keep trafficking their drugs. However, it seems to me that their primary goal is to keep selling their drugs and weapons, where they only want political power/control in order to ensure that their quotas are met.

What do Muslim extremists want? Idk specifically, but maybe you should do some more research on the issue. Considering the U.S. has been involved in Middle Eastern affairs for decades (and more heavily in this past decade), they may want us to leave them to their own devices. Clearly the U.S. entering Afghanistan and supporting moderate Muslims over Taliban extremists (just one example) is going to piss some people off.

Then there is also the issue of Israel. Many Arab nations feel that the Jews stole Palestine from them and want it returned to the Muslim people. Considering the U.S. is Israel's primary supporter on the international stage, maybe they are pissy over that?

Or maybe it could be that Muslims abroad feel threatened by U.S. interests? Our first world, Christian, democracy against their fundamental Muslim regimes? There is quite a bit of anti-Islamic sentiment in this country and that is guarenteed to scare some people into action. (Of course I am generalizing here because there are so many different Middle Eastern countries that hate us for a lot of reasons that I don't know who to specifically talk about).