It is just that period that goes by when they have been successful. I remember a class on Terrorism at the University of Nevada, Reno in the Poly Sci Department around 1980. This has been going on a very long time and think that the success Charlie Wilson had with arming and training the Taliban fighters came back to haunt us when their target of the Soviets was defeated. Now they have switched aim at us. That is just one political entity too there seem to be a great number of them that come and go.

The President in office does not matter all that much to them would be my guess too unless perhaps he/she really is a Muslim. Then if he/she were a Shi'ite or a Sunni would also be an issue.

I do not see a Muslim in the office of the US President in the next few decades.