Right on. I literally believe the United States government is doing more harm to the United States than the terrorists are, but they are not themselves terrorists by any stretch of the imagination.
You do realize they do stuff like this (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24557333), right? No stretch of the imagination? I'd also say fomenting a culture of fear is a terrorist activity (and by definition, their end goal). Right now the US government are experts at creating such culture.