My personal opinion is that, while they are always quick to decry the use of terrorism, many, if not most, secretly aplaud the actions. That or its simple cowardice.
Today I was listening to the Micael Medved show while at work. A young women called in and began by saying that she did not condone and excuse terrorism and then proceeded to do just that. She claimed that since these people had no modern military machine, they had no choice but to strike out at their enemies with suicide bombers.
Well, you might make that case for the plane that was flown into the Pentagon, but only if it had been empty of innocent civilian passengers. But not against a strictly civilian target. And it is rare that these punks ever go after military targets.
These people are such hypocrites. I bet that woman gives money to the so-called humanitarian Islamic front organizations that funnel money to terrorists. I'd like to know what her first thought was when she saw the pictures. Was it true shock, or was there a self-righteous "its about time" flitting through her gray matter? I would put money on the later.