[Illbay]

So he "doesn't say we're NOT at war with Islam?"

If that's what you're trying to say, you're wrong.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Hmmm... just how many radical fundamentalist Muslims do you think we have hunted down or killed since September 11th?

Saying that Islam is a religion of peace doesn't change a damn thing.

The one who starts the war, sets the terms of what victory looks like. Osama bin Laden started a Holy War. We have obliged by routing the Taliban and Hussein. By responding with force, we accepted their challenge.

The subtle difference is, from our viewpoint, it is a clash of civilizations, not a war of Islam against our Judeo/Christian foundation. Our civilization will prevail, in the end. And, to the eyes of the Middle East, we will have badly damaged Islam.