Our nation has been blessed tremendously by God, and we have squandered that blessing. I have been a member of Free Republic for quite some time now, and every day people in this forum are decrying the fallen state of America. Granted, they speak in secular terms about the loss of liberty, the squandering of our Consititutional rights, the immorality of Hollywood, and on an on. Yet these same people find it impossible to accept that God, the giver of these rights, would judge this nation for its sins.
Is it possible that God would use Islamic fundamentalists as an instrument of His judgment? All I can say is that the Bible plainly states that God used the Philistines as an instrument of his judgment against ancient Israel, and the Philistines were into human sacrifice for Pete's sake! We are all heartsick over the tragedies that occurred last week. We mourn with the rest of the nation. Who knows if there was an element of God's judgment in all of this? No one can say with certainty. But it does seem plausible.
That will not be a "popular" opinion :>)