Who's reading between the lines?
I'm responding to the words you wrote, which I quoted.
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Originally Posted by you, in post 5
I am horrified by terrorist who will kill innocent people for no reason other than to terrorize. I am horrified by people who want to kill other people based only on their religion or nationality.
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I don't think that there are really many people or groups who (pay attention, because I'm quoting you here) "kill innocent people for no reason other than to terrorize" or (doing it again) "want to kill other people based only on their religion or nationality".
The people we are fighting don't claim to be doing those things "for no other reason". They're NOT using terror "for no other reason". They tell us very clearly why they do what they do. They're trying to communicate. No reading between the lines is necessary. Understanding their motivations is an important part of understanding the most effective way of dealing with or stopping them.
The idea that we are being terrorized by people who attack us for no reason other than to spread terror, or who "hate us because of our freedoms" is patently ridiculous, and was propagated by the Bush administration after 9/11. Saying those things to frightened people is much easier than talking about the complexity of the truth, which involves admitting that there are people in the world with legitimate grievances against the US.