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You're indulging in the same leftist palaver that just because the US made a mistake in misjudging Osama's true utility in fighting the Communists, that somehow they ought to be less hard on him and his associates. Mistakes will occur; that is not a reason to not hunt down Osama and kill him, nor to deal with terrorist regimes with sufficient severity. For you see, that is correcting the mistake. Shutting down other terrorist regimes is a further correction. Not shutting them down, letting them live, is perpetuating a mistake.

Finally, appeasement is not an option. Appeasement only works if the other party is rational and has rational goals. The radical Islamists have shown every indication of hating us for who we are and what we represent - our culture, our values, the freedoms we give to women, etc. all exist in opposion to their system of beliefs. One wonders why your fellow leftie Christopher Hitchens sees this and why the Guardian reading left wants to just appease and run away.

Ivan