<i>it&#x27;s unquestionable that radical Islam is an aggressor</i><p>Sure, but why stop there instead of going just a tiny bit deeper and identifying the money layer? You&#x27;ll find it has a lot less to do with religion and a lot more to do with efforts by the House of Saud to maintain an increasingly dubious hold on worldly power. You&#x27;ll also find a rat&#x27;s nest of illiberal interests from nominally liberal countries with an interest in their survival. Thus, the broader desire to deflect attention from the very dark and concentrated heart of this to a much more diffuse and amorphous target like &quot;radical islam&quot;.<p>Every time you&#x27;re tempted to say &quot;radical Islam&quot; try saying &quot;Saudi Arabia&quot; instead. More often than not, you&#x27;ll find you&#x27;ve hit on the more accurate term.