[UncleDick]

And if George Washington was in charge, would he do something different?

I seem to recall President Washington mentioning something about steering "clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world". Presumably, Washington wouldn't have our troops mucking around in the Middle East in the first place thereby removing much of the impetus for an Al-Qaeda attack.

[BykrBayb]

That's an awful lot of spinning to come to the conclusion that it's America's fault that muslim mothers raise their children to be terrorists. Does it follow that it's to Islam's credit that my son is honorable? It can't possibly have anything to do with the way I raised him. The way I raised him is to blame for all the strife in the world. This game of shifting the blame and credit around to those who cannot possibly be responsible for it can be fun. Btw, you're to blame for all the looting in New Orleans. Gee, this gets more fun as we go.