Opinion

America: The Father of Terrorism

  • Why does the world tremble at the mention of terrorism but hesitate to name its true architect?
  • Why are states like Pakistan nuclear-armed today, despite being incubators of extremism, if not for America’s blessing?
  • Why did terrorism flourish as a global weapon only after Washington decided to use it as a foreign policy tool?
  • And why do we ignore that the first modern terrorist factories were not in Kabul or Rawalpindi — but in the offices of the CIA?

The First Monster: Anti-Soviet Jihad

In the late 1970s, when the Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan, America found its weapon: religion-fueled militancy.

The CIA, through Operation Cyclone, poured billions into training and arming radical fighters. Osama bin Laden, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, and a thousand others were groomed as “freedom fighters.”

Weapons, ideology, madrassas — all funded, organized, and exported from Washington’s war chest.

This was the world’s first state-sponsored terrorism at scale — unleashed not by rogue nations, but by the so-called “leader of the free world.”

The Pakistani Petri Dish

But America didn’t stop at creating mercenaries. It created a terror-sponsoring state: Pakistan.

Billions in military aid flowed into Islamabad. In the name of fighting Communism, the ISI was transformed into the world’s most powerful terror incubator.

And when Pakistan sought nuclear weapons, did America stop them? No. It looked away.

Declassified reports and testimonies reveal how Washington ignored Dr. A.Q. Khan’s proliferation network, even as he stole uranium enrichment technology and smuggled nuclear blueprints. Why? Because Pakistan was useful.

The result: a nuclear-armed terror hub that not only threatens India but destabilizes the entire world.


From Operation Cyclone to Pakistan’s Nukes: How America Built Global Terror

1979–1989: Operation Cyclone

  • CIA funds & trains Afghan Mujahideen.
  • Billions spent arming radicals to fight USSR.
  • Osama bin Laden rises under US patronage. 

1980s: Pakistan as Terror Incubator

  • ISI empowered with US aid.
  • Madrassas fueled with radical ideology.
  • Terror infrastructure institutionalized. 

1980s–1990s: Nuclear Blind Eye

  • A.Q. Khan smuggles enrichment tech.
  • US ignores proliferation to keep Pakistan useful.
  • Pakistan becomes a covert nuclear power. 

1990s: Global Spillover

  • Trained militants spread across Kashmir & Middle East.
  • Jihad becomes a global export commodity.
  • America denies accountability. 

2001: 9/11 Blowback

  • US-trained jihadists strike back at creator.
  • 3,000 dead on American soil.
  • Global War on Terror begins. 

2001–2021: War Without End

  • Afghanistan invaded, trillions spent.
  • Civilian deaths mount.
  • Taliban return to power—20 years wasted. 

Today: The Legacy

  • Pakistan: Nuclear-armed terror hub.
  • Radical networks still thrive.
  • Terror as America’s most dangerous export.

Terrorism didn’t emerge by chance — it was engineered. The architect? America!


Exporting Chaos, Importing Control

Look at the pattern:

  • Afghanistan (1980s): Terrorists to fight Soviets.
  • Pakistan: Funds, weapons, nuclear indulgence.
  • Middle East: Dictators toppled, militias armed.
  • Iraq & Libya: Destabilization masked as democracy.

Everywhere America intervenes, terror follows. The goal was never peace. It was control. Terror was not the enemy — it was the instrument.

The Boomerang Effect

The same jihadists once hailed as “freedom fighters” turned against their creator. 9/11 was not an attack from an alien enemy. It was blowback — a reminder that the fire you light to burn others can consume your own house. Yet, instead of reflection, America doubled down, spreading wars, drone strikes, and covert operations.

The Indian Warning

For India, the lesson is clear: Pakistan’s nuclear teeth and terror claws exist because America gave them shape. Every bomb blast in Mumbai, every cross-border infiltration in Kashmir, carries Washington’s fingerprints from decades past.

The Final Reckoning

So, the questions remain:

How long will the world tolerate a nation that fathers terror and calls itself a victim of it?

Why should America be celebrated as the protector of democracy when it midwifed the birth of nuclear jihad?

Can any country that armed Pakistan, indulged the ISI, and created Osama truly claim moral superiority?

And finally — if terrorism has a father, is it not America?

04-Oct-2025

More by :  P. Mohan Chandran


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Views: 417      Comments: 2



Comment We'll said. Absolutely true. And now Trump is running for Nobel Peace prize as if he is the peace launcher to all the problems of the world.

Nanda Kumar C R
04-Oct-2025 20:49 PM

Comment Along with America Britain also take responsibility for spreading terrorism for their arms trade. Particularly in Middle East , south asia and Africa. Later it was gained religious shape and it attacked in a reciprocal manner to the Western States. Now it is become a global issue.

ASHOKRAO
04-Oct-2025 18:40 PM




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