[RobbyS]

They don’t have to be in the same room in order for them both to account us enemies. After all, we and the Soviets fought against a common foe even though—as soon was apparent—we were natural enemies. Obviously, they have different notions of the triumph of Islam, but they could wait to fight it out until the “infidel “ is vanquished.

As to the suicide bombers, you use whatever weapons come to hand. If you can’t stand toe to toe with the enemy on the battlefield, you use other means.
As to the budget, well, maybe Obama will abandon the fight because he figures on busting the budget for another purpose—a huge expansion of the welfare state. As we can see from the result of Brown’s action in Britain that doesn’t leave much for war.

[Captain Kirk]

"natural enemies?" Bin Laden and his Sunnis and the Shi'ites are natural enemies in every sense of the word. They have been natural enemies for over a thousand years. Both have entirely conceptions of Islam and its "triumph." Moreover, you provide no reason to believe that Bin Laden could ever take over the world. At most, he had a few thousand (perhaps less than that) under his command at the height of his power.

On what basis do you believe that a fanatic in a cave who probably doesn't even control one country can take over the world much less command a "vast Sunni caliphate." Let me point again that EVERY attempt to unite either the Arab, much less than Islamic world, have failed miserably.

[Captain Kirk]

I meant to say that Bin Laden probably doesn’t control an area as large as one “county” rather than “country.”