[Sabatier]

...This is the same group of people who equate any
"religious" person to be morally equivalent...

Excellent point. The price for moral relativism is higher now than it has been in some time. And that price has been brought to our very doorsteps.
The trouble with not discerning between genuine moral leadership and fanaticism is that it validates the fanatics and they want to see us all dead.
Moral relativism is actually a form of suicide.

[meenie]

It depends on the religion you relate to. I think that everybody should read the Koran and the moral relativism that the Koran advises against the infidels. Converting or killing does not leave much room for moderation to a true believer of the Muslim faith.

To place your reliance on the moderate Muslim that is willing to ignore a key part of his religion is suicidal as you say. Watch the unfolding saga in Iraq to get a picture of the problem we are up against. These people are just as fanatic as the Kamikazee pilots in the South Pacific in WW II. You have to know the enemy before you can defeat him. Unfortunately, we are still in the learning process.