Blowback against the US began in 1990 with the first Gulf War, when the US created and expanded its military bases in the Dar al-Islam, most notably in Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam’s founding and holiest sites. This expanded US military presence was anathema to the core jihadist ideology that the CIA had done so much to foster.
对美国的反击始于20世纪90年代第一次海湾战争后，当时美国创建并扩大了其在伊斯兰领土上的军事基地，尤其是在创建伊斯兰教并拥有众多圣地的沙特阿拉伯。上述美国军力扩张是对中情局竭力培养的核心圣战意识形态的诅咒。