I don't know what the relevance is... but, then again, I also don't know why someone brought up the Crusades a short time ago. At least nobody has blamed Halliburton or the Koch brothers... yet. Somebody other than the actual terrorists/murderers has surely got to be at fault... Tea Party maybe?

I believe you're correct on this!! There will be escalating events...we, in the West, have been warned!! Wasn't that said a couple of times "over there"---the latest event "over there" being the Paris shootings!!?? People will wake up eventually but by then it may be too late!

Religious terrorism has been with us always, Read -Old Testament and find the many times that the "Lord" directed that all men, women, children , dogs etc were to be put to the sword for "religious reasons".
We must fight radical religious terrorism wherever it raises its head and yes it is a war. A war against tolerant peoples and societies.
Under the right circumstances and led by charismatic demagogues this kind of fascism would arise in America.
At the present it is Islamic Radicalism that is plaguing us and we need to stamp it out without sacrificing our morals and ideals. Tomorrow who know what group will adopt the principal of infallibility and decide to cleanse the world oh heretics???

I actually heard that in some quarters, the culprit has been identified as global warming brought on by us "wasteful" Americans.

Just home from a Bible prophecy conference...
Without an understanding of the spiritual foundation of what is happening, we have no clue.