No, it wasn't.
"Our military actions are creating the terror problem" is just one of a number of talking points I have to listen to on this subject. Fact is, the problem was there before Iraq, and even before Afghanistan, and certainly before Bush, and the terrorist themselves have stated that appeasement and surrender are considered by them to be victories.
Every day brings new proof to me that whatever else may be the case, the Left does not have what it takes to handle national security.