Lots of evidence that terrorism has risen dramatically worldwide, yes, tripling. If you haven't been reading the reports, you haven't looked very closely.
I'll throw you one:; http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002243262_terror16.html, go search for more yourself.

I'm not saying to start a knitting club with them, but to know our enemy better. (UNLIKE we knew our "enemies" in Iraq). Where, do you suppose, are we going to bomb them? What country? The "war on terror" might be "winnable", not by conquest, but by policy. Right now we are feeding more terrorists and making them more possible.

Can you accept that it is possible in principle that the War on Terror itself is what is increasing terrorism rates so dramatically?

And, they don't hate us for just the sake of it. They want us to get the fuck out of their region and mind our own business when it comes to Mid East affairs. Despite the hype, they don't necessarily "hate our freedom." They fear that we're trying to eradicate their culture and replace it with ours. (We've done it before, and we can do it again.) Most Muslim men probably don't care that Western women are running around half-naked-- they just don't want their wives and daughters doing the same thing. I think vacating the Holy Lands and areas where Muslims live and worship would be a nice start.

I won't get started on Israel...