Blowback: CSIS Study Says 4 Times As Many Militants Since 9/11/2001

by | Oct 1, 2019

Blowback: CSIS Study Says 4 Times As Many Militants Since 9/11/2001

by | Oct 1, 2019

Blowback from the US war on terror is actually creating more terrorist.  Zerohedge is reporting the results from a study published by Center for Strategic and International Studies including a map showing where the expansion of terrorism has occurred.

“Despite nearly two decades of U.S.-led counterterrorism operations, there are nearly four times as many Sunni Islamic militants today as there were on September 11, 2001,” the prior CSIS study found.

And yet it remains that as American troop presence in the Middle East and North Africa grows, so do the jihadists’ numbers, underscoring what former Congressman Ron Paul has long described as the ‘blowback’ of US imperialism and nation-building. 

Steven Woskow

Steven Woskow

Steve Woskow is an entrepreneur and was President of Agtech Products, Inc., a research and development company specializing in animal agriculture. He has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Food Science from Iowa State University. He is retired and lives with his family in Northern Nevada.

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