We did not start this war. In WWII we were in a fight for survival. The greatest acts of terror were carried out by the RAF and the United States Army Air Corp. The Brits burned Dresden to the ground. The United States fire bombed Tokyo and other major cities of Japan. This terror worked and broke the back of the enemy. The nukes dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were minor terror raids as compared to our fire bombing. It worked! They lost, we won.
We are fighting this war on the terms laid down by the enemy. George Patton sure as hell did not ask Rommel what tactics he could and could not use. Patton understood that the war machine of the enemy must be destroyed and the civilian population was what feed, clothed and made the tools of war for its army. The civilians were thus legitimate targets. When the enemy knows he will lose his wife, his children, his country and his life he will not oppose you.We are in a fight for the survival of western civilization
An Arab translation of "My Struggle" is widely available throughout the middle east.
We need to understand the "long global struggle" we face. I think President Bush is "husbanding our resources" for the long haul. Until those in denial realize they are targets too the struggle will be even longer.