[Steve_Seattle]

Islamic terrorists always play a shell game: if we respond to a terrorist act, they cite our response as the rationale for further acts of terrorism. But if we don't respond, they will commit further acts of terrorism anyway; then, the excuse will be some long-ago or even ancient event: The Crusades, the reconquest of Spain by the Christians, the bombing of Hiroshima, the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the creation of Israel, etc.

[Snardius]

The Crusades, the reconquest of Spain by the Christians, the bombing of Hiroshima, the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the creation of Israel, etc.

...their hemmoroids, a bunion, the sun coming up, the sun going down...