I think you're taking my comment to mean that without this type of rhetoric there wouldn't be terrorism or ISIS or whatever terror group.
That's not what I'm saying.
I actually feel like it's pretty straightforward. Terrorism is a growing threat yes, but ISIS isn't sending their fighters over here to carry out these acts. When was the last time that even happened? 9/11?
They just recruit people who already live here, were born here, and have never been to the Middle East. The lone wolf types.
And they were able to do this before the prospective, and now current, President went on national TV and said he wanted to ban all Muslims. He's making the problem worse, not better.