Everyone knows the US and Saudi Arabia heavily supported fundamentalists in Afghanistan in the 80’s. And? How many suicide bombings were there in Afghanistan then? Did anyone blow up bazaars or hospitals?
When jihadists “justify” killing what do they cite? They cite Koranic verses and hadith as well as the examples of the Islamic/Arab empire’s imperialism and the Ottoman empire. This has nothing to do with the US. This is an intra-Islamic debate. If you listen to some Muslims you would think terrorism come out of the blue after the 80’s. Was it the US which divided the world between Dar-al-Islam (“House of Peace”) and Dar-al-Harb (“House of War”–all “kafir” lands which had to be fought until they eventually fell under shariah)? That happened 1,000+ years ago. There is dispute after these designations today–there was none when the Arab and Turkish armies were marching triumphantly from battle after battle, nation after nation–but again that is an internal dispute. The jihadists believe the “House of War” extends to all “kafir” lands and they believe any land without shariah is “kafir”, hence the extension jihadism to Muslim countries.
This has already been debunked. Harrison never said that.