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"Now please ask Ronin and his Islamic friend to comment on the thousands of civilian lives taken on 9/11."

As soon as you comment on the civilian lives that WE took in our Kosovo "action" (for instance).
(Or maybe since THOSE civilians were "collateral damage" you find it acceptable?
-I WILL be surprised if you actually supported clinton's actions.)

What nobody likes to admit is that -right or wrong- these people considered the "war" to have been started LONG before 9/11.
The people that recruited them pointed to US actions around the world and used them (once again -right or wrong-)
to justify making war on us.
Since they have no F-16's or B-52's at their disposal, they used what they could get.
Their actions were right in line with the teachings of the CIA's School of the Americas for guerilla warfare.
(Good job boys, too bad your foresight didn't go beyond next week...)
They didn't have a problem targeting civilians any more than you do.

Normally I am in agreement with you here on FR.
But the average 20 year old girl here in America doesn't have much more to say about Kosovo than this young lady did about 9/11.
She was just a nice kid trying to explain that our pre-conceptions about Muslim women are not always correct.
Looks like all too many people want to take out their anger on her.
It IS easier than addressing the real issues.

"Forgive me if I now lack sympathy if citizens get hit in the current conflict.
I don't care how many of "them" we take out."

EXACTLY the rational that the 9/11 hijackers used.

What liberal turnip truck did you just fall off of? Innocent Afghan citizens? Please spare me. Innocent they might be, but they are now caught in a war, in case you missed the news since 9/11. Flash: people die in wars. If you don't want a war, don't fly your planes into our buildings. As of 9/11, this country had done nothing to provoke the terrorists, except, of course, for just being here in the first place. Well, Afghanistan has harbored these thugs for years, and now they're paying the price. Although, in all truth, fewer Afghan civilians are dying than European civilians in WWII.