Moving forward , it is imperative that the West -- the United States in particular -- rolls back its military involvement in Iraq and Syria and ups the ante in terms of its humanitarian and diplomatic efforts ; the coalition must stop playing into the `` Crusader '' paradigm . AQAP last month called on Muslims to forget differences focus on American targets . Charlie Winter writes that it was the second such communique from the al Qaeda offshoot . Comment: The trend of jihadists rallying around the anti-Western flag is worrying , he writes .
AQAP last month called on Muslims to forget differences focus on American targets . Charlie Winter writes that it was the second such communique from the al Qaeda offshoot . Comment: The trend of jihadists rallying around the anti-Western flag is worrying , he writes .