[Eva]

No, I don't need to see things from their point of view. Their religion declared war on us, we didn't declare war on them. It just so happened that there was no specific return address to respond to the attacks (yes, plural), and Saddam was as good a target as we could find.

So called moderate or secular Muslims are posers, when it comes right down to making the choice between the terrorists and western civilization, they side with the terrorists. Islam has robbed them of the ability to think rationally.

My family almost experienced the barbarism that defines Islam on July 7, 2005, London. My son missed his train from Gloucester station because he had over slept, or he might have been among the dead.

[WesternCulture]

"No, I don't need to see things from their point of view. Their religion declared war on us, we didn't declare war on them. It just so happened that there was no specific return address to respond to the attacks (yes, plural), and Saddam was as good a target as we could find."

- Their religion hasn't declared war on the US or any other Western nation.

On the other hand, the language of the Koran and other ancient scriptures of Islam is very violent concerning the subject of "infidels", which has a close connection to ancient persecution of Muslims by "heathen" Arabs, Christians and of course it also is related to the crusades. This however, is no excuse for terrorism and no excuse for Muslim denial of the threat of Islamofascism.

I don't have a hard time understanding why you, personally, do not wish to see things "their" way.

Still, I believe the West ought to study the Muslim world more closely. Among other things in order to discern who's friend and who's foe.