More cause and effect in the War against Terrorists

(updated below)

The extreme paradox of our actions in the Muslim world is now well-documented: namely, the very policies justified in the name of fighting Terrorism (invasions, occupations, bombings, lawless detentions, etc.) are the precise ones that most inflame and exacerbate that threat.  With the news this morning that "American troops raked a large passenger bus with gunfire near the southern [Afghan:] city of Kandahar on Monday morning, killing as many as five civilians and ...