[sageb1]

"I think you will find that the professional Conspiracists have got that covered. That doesn't mean that it isn't happening, of course. It seems unlikely though, since no one would actually benefit from the destruction of civilization. Especially, no one would be able to gamble on emerging on top when the dust settles."

You may be right. I'm just trying to figure out exactly who is funding the terrorists and why. There is no one here who believes Islam is evil more than I do. I just wonder if it is the ultimate evil.

[RightWhale]

It goes back to the sack of Baghdad by the Mongols. Some of the Moslims reacted to the sudden fall of their civilization by further falling, into error, by setting up Baghdad madrassahs where they began to teach a new and material version of Islam.

There is no one funding the Terrorists except the error-stricken graduates of the madrassahs.

[gridlock]

You may be right. I'm just trying to figure out exactly who is funding the terrorists and why.

The Saudis have a few bucks to throw around. They funded OBL when he was destabilizing Somalia, I know that for sure.