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You said -- "It's not racial; it's cultural. Every race is capable of breeding a genius now and again...but not every cultural can harness that genius."

Okay, as long as you say it's not racial, yes..., that's fine. And as far as the culture is concerned, I would suppose that has to do with the general infrastructure -- perhaps..., and that may help. But, it's not something that cannot be overcome. I think these terrorists have shown us that. They can do a lot, in spite of whatever culture they are in.

But, with our world today -- cultural boundaries are not the impediment that they might have been at one time in the past. We're crossing cultural boundaries relatively easily and people go back and forth all over the world and from one culture to another. They get their training; they get their knowledge, they go back to whatever their culture is and apply it.

Also, I've said before that it's decision and then it's detail -- and the detail can be purchased (whether it's an education or an expert or a whole team of experts or simply some restricted knowledge meant to hamper others from advancing in certain fields).

What's the most important is the decision. I've seen, throughout my whole life that decisions are *key* -- and *detail* always follows. If you don't have the details you either buy it, steal it or learn it -- one way or another -- sooner or later.

We're continually seeing this all the time. That's why I don't trust our ability to restrict knowledge (or "details") in order to save us. It hasn't worked in the past. All that it has done is *delay* things. But, a delay for al-Qaida isn't any big thing. They're patient. They wait. And they'll eventually get it done.

That is -- they'll get it done unless we eliminate the source of the problem -- and eliminate Islam before they carry out what they've decided.

Regards,
Star Traveler