I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
Rayn: If WAR is the answer, then you’re asking THE WRONG QUESTION!!!
Brian J.: What’s the question?
Rayn: The best question: “What was first – Al Qaeda, or US Foreign Policy?”

“Question 1: What was first – the egg or the hen? Question 2: What was first – Al Qaeda or US foreign policy?”
A good question: “What is ‘Blowback’?”
Terror ‘Blowback’ Burns CIA:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/terror-blowback-burns-cia-1182087.html
(note that it’s a Nov. 1998 article, so it’s pre-9/11 war politic!)