Defense or Offense to fight Terrorism?

Saw the documentary "Control Room" a few weeks ago - the thing that stuck with me is something said by a journalist for some Middle Eastern media outlet. He said Muslims see our war in Iraq as a Christian-Muslim war - the war is an attack against Muslims.

Also just listening to some right-wing radio talk show host (Laura Ingram), who is worried if a Democrat becomes President the U.S. would stop being on the offense in fighting terrorism, and that terrorism would simple be viewed as a "policing matter" (i.e. we'd be on the defensive).

But in my mind, and in the mind of many, W has created MORE terrorists by invading Iraq. So the longer we are there the MORE terrorists WE CREATE.

So, yes, I think fighting terrorism should be more of a defensive matter. Of course we should go after known terrorist leaders, but the majority of money should go towards defense like cleaning up nuclear weapons worldwide, checking our ports, and the like.

Therefore, we can defend ourselves and we DO NOT CREATE NEW TERRORISTS.