To my knowledge almost all terrorist attacks in the US are domestic far-right wing attacks. Main stream media may not be open about this, but that's what the statistics say I believe. What happened in January 6th? Did Al Qaeda attack Orlando? No, far-right wingers attacked democracy. Rumour has it September 18th there will be another "Trump riot" organized by far-right extremist groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Lets hope nothing comes out of this. The sad truth is that at this point some people in the US have been so badly radicalized, that the US actually has its own Al Qaeda and what happens in some States reminds Taliban rule to certain extent, just based on different religion.
It's quite true that the vast majority of terrorist attacks in the US have been of the domestic variety - but that does not diminish the threat from jihadism. And indeed, as you point out, some disaffected Americans have been radicalized themselves, mainly by Daesh I believe, and have joined terrorist cells operating in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. But the same is true of European countries; there have been British nationals recruited into Daesh, for instance. The rest of your argument about Taliban-like rule in the US is so far over the top it barely merits a reply. Yes, we do have a large contingent of would-be theocrats that would like nothing more than to impose the Judeo-Christian version of Sharia law on the US. But we also have a constitutional democracy that has withstood stresses that have toppled less stable governments. The US survived January 6, after all. Eternal vigilance is necessary, yes. But on both fronts - to neglect the threat posed by international terrorism is to leave oneself open to another attack such as what happened 20 years ago next Saturday.
I think in the future this will be seen in its context and the actions of Biden will be seen in a more positive light. Yes, thousands of people were let down, but then again, the US is letting down millions of its own citizens every day: No healthcare. No living wage. No clean water etc. That's what Biden should be criticized for and I do.
It is too soon to say how history will judge Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. It all depends on how the situation unfolds there. But the domestic situation re: poverty and healthcare is not relevant to my point about the reputation of the US as an ally. I'm not talking about moral imperatives here but geopolitical ones.
20 years ago I did not follow US politics at all and knew absolutely nothing about it. In my idiotic ignorance I thought the US always does good with its military operations over the World and most muslims are just bad evil people. I have come a long way from that and now I know the US is actually the number one terrorist country in the World. My sources tell the msm did lie to Americans about he necessity to attack Afghanistan, but maybe my sources are the liers and you are right. I don't have a way to know. The World has become a place where a lot of people lie on purpose and still can sleep at night somehow. Who can you trust anymore? All I can say is that I don't purposedly lie. My personality type (INTJ/P) makes me a truth-based honest person. If I say something false it is because I am wrong/stupid/ignorant, not because I purposedly lie.
I rely largely on the public radio and tv outlets NPR and PBS, and to a lesser extent the BBC, for most of my news. To my knowledge the msm in the US very rarely outright lies - but they do sometimes report things that later turn out to be false. In most cases they issue a correction - at least NPR and PBS do. The msm were almost certainly lied to by the Bush 43 administration about the purported existence of WMD in Iraq that led to our invading that country; I doubt seriously that they knew it was a lie. Trump-friendly media, well consider whom they are in bed with. Of course they lie. But they are not the msm. I do not think you are lying, Poju, but I wonder what sources you are listening to. The US is the #1 terrorist country in the world? This sounds like propaganda out of the Kremlin or the CCP. Our hands are not squeaky clean and we have made many mistakes. But to call the US a terrorist country is, I think, to stretch the definition of "terrorist" beyond all recognition.
