The west helped create Hamas, encouraging Islamism to counter a strong secular nationalist movement. (And the occupation/persecution only fuelled radicalisation).
The west armed and funded Osama Bin Laden & co in Afghanistan, seeing chaotic Islamism as preferable to strong secular nationalism. It led to the formation of al Qaeda.
The west destroyed secular nationalist Iraq (and Libya), radicalising people against the west; Iraqis imprisoned by the US went on to form ISIS.
The west armed and funded Islamist ‘rebels’ in Syria not that dissimilar to ISIS, as they tried to topple a strong secular nationalist state.
…in conclusion: western foreign policy is the main cause behind the growth of Islamist extremism/terrorism, having waged wars that fuelled anti-west sentiment and routinely used Islamist extremists against secular independence movements to advance geo strategic/colonialist/corporate interests.
The west’s desire for corporate profit and global domination, requiring that all countries of the world be weak and/or compliant, has caused absolute chaos and catastrophe.
