[Tailgunner Joe]

They do not respect borders, governments or the ethnic integrity of peoples, even of their own faith.

The only nation whose borders I am charged with protecting is my own. Any nation which threatens the US might as well kiss its borders goodbye.

"ethnic integrity of peoples"? This is another thing I am not concerned with. If certain "peoples" want to retain their "ethnic integrity," that's up to them.

They do not respect other peoples cultural differences.

I do not subscribe to the doctrine of multiculturalism, diversity and cultural relativism. I champion my own culture, and I insist that my own religion is the only true one.

Why would you want to broaden the war to include the legitimate Islamic Governments

I do not want to overthrow every Islamic nation on Earth, but I do not consider the Socialist government of Syria nor the Islamofascist government of Iran to be legitimate. They are our enemies and should be destroyed.

[Ohioan]

Your response to me confuses a lot of different concepts. I do not subscribe to "Multi-culturalism," either. But that does not mean that I disrespect other cultures. Your hostility to the cultures of other races, faiths, and value systems invites endless conflict. It does not advance the interests of the United States in the slightest. We grew great, prosperous, and respected, being ourselves, but according others respect. Our present attitude of assuming that we know what is best for others--even in their own lands, amidst their own peoples--is simply serving to recruit more enemies.

Your rationalizations, turned around, are the same as Bin Laden's group use against us. It is interesting that Vattel, the great 18th Century authority on the Law of Nations, pointed out that the rationalization for the Spanish conquests and cultural repressions of established nations in Latin America, was basically the same as that which Islam used to justify its conquests across Asia. You may be Osama's soul brother, and just not realize it.