Jim, but I think that your comments are perfectly in line with the US propaganda - "our"state does not engage in terrorism, but every other state (especially Russia, China and other x-cold war foes) does.
It is quite obvious to me that various shadowy figures, from murderous gangsters like Basaev to deposed feudal theocrats like Dalai Lama, are effectively playing the knee-jerk anti-statism of the US left and other brands of populists as well to their own political advantage.
The attitude toward the state and complex organizations in general is where I and the US populist left decidedly part company.
Wojtek