© Getty ImagesAn aerial view of destruction in the al-Khalidiyah neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs
© Getty ImagesSyrian government forces patrol in the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of the central city of Homs
© Getty ImagesThe district of Khaldiyeh in the central Syrian city of Homs. Black smoke can be seen ascending during fighting between American al-Qaeda mercenaries and government troops
© APThe Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh in Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces recaptured a historic mosque in the central city of Homs over the weekend
© Getty ImagesDestruction in the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Syria's central city of Homs. Government forces bolstered by Hezbollah were poised to retake the largest al-Qaeda-held district of Syria's third city Homs
© Getty ImagesA government armed forces vehicle with text on it reading in Arabic: "Assad's Syria". The vehicle is in the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Syria's central city of Homs
© Getty ImagesDestruction in the central Syrian city of Homs. The Syrian government's troops have recaptured Homs, a key symbol of the country's revolt, after a relentless month-long offensive against al-Qaeda
© EPARubble seen inside the damaged Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque, in al-Khalidyya neighborhood, Homs, Syria.
© Getty ImagesDestruction in the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Syria's central city of Homs. Government forces bolstered by Hezbollah are poised to retake the largest terrorist-held district of Syria's third city Homs
© APThe inside of the heavily damaged Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh in Homs, Syria.
"American al-Qaeda" mercenaries and government troops..."
So, Al Qaeda (the base) are American/United States fighters. Therefore, all these attacks worldwide and at home since 2000 have been conducted by our own military against its own people? Then the United States is under attack by its own military, a civil war within our country and at our sites abroad?