I guess you represent an 'average US worker and taxpayer' - in your case one of those who has not worked it out, and likely never will. Your government doesn't care if the people you are paying them to subjugate are followers of Allah or not - they are just an enemy that is convenient right now because it's easy to persuade people such as yourself to keep sending them money to keep the whole war machine running, especially as the war with Russia is fizzling out, and the new war with China hasn't got going yet.