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Actually (as a Slovenian) all my respect and sympathies go to those people killed in the WTC and Pentagon terrorist attacks, and we have all been saddened by what happened, regardless of where you come from. And you’r absolutely right, nothing gave those terrorist the right to murder people, the Koran including. They did it in the name of their own sick and murderous mentality, that any normal human being can only reject.

I don’t underestimate the resolve of America to kill the enemy, as I know there’s probably no other way that justice gets Bin Laden anyway. And I understand that.

I just hope that innocent civilians won’t get killed along and that only those responsible will get punished. I don’t want a Holy war, and that all Muslims would suddenly be a subject of discrimination and suspicion, just because of their religion and because of Osama Bin Laden. That bastard would not deserve that other people of his religion would have to pay the price for his actions.

I don't want a holy war either, but it has already begun. Americans now have the regrettable responsibility of trying to clean up the mess their government has gotten them into. If we had properly defended our oil producer's rights when Mideastern and Arabic thugs held a gun to their heads, there would not have developed an Islamic mafia, empowered by sudden riches, which would become a threat to the American people.

As far as innocent civilians are concerned, their safety cannot be promised when they permit terrorists to live among them. To the extent that Muslim populations spawn and encourage terrorism against non-Muslims, innocence becomes an absurd refuge. As far as the innocence of my Muslim neighbors, of whom their are many, I would never hold against them the atrocities committed in the name of their religion. But not all Americans are able to think that rationally when they are scared and confused by the headlines and TV news footage of the devastation in New York.

In any case, I appreciate your concern for the safety of innocents and know that it comes from your benevolent sense of life. It is with some surprise that I discover Free Republic to be a forum read and responded to by freedom-lovers in other countries. Your contributions, while I may disagree with some of them, are definitely welcome and I look forward to more.