[Southack]

"im with limbaugh... and wheres the outrage? bethlehem and jerusalem under palestinian control? 100 plus pallies holed up in the church of the nativity?"

You do realize that the terrorists WANT to turn this into a global war between Islam and everything else, don't you?

You might stop to consider that the diplomatic efforts which are visible all revolve around structuring every Western response such that a full-scale religious war does not ensue.

Because that way, we get to pick them off one by one at a schedule of our choosing, rather than having to fight them all at once...

[truth_seeker]

You do realize that the terrorists WANT to turn this into a global war between Islam and everything else, don't you?

You might stop to consider that the diplomatic efforts which are visible all revolve around structuring every Western response such that a full-scale religious war does not ensue.

Because that way, we get to pick them off one by one at a schedule of our choosing, rather than having to fight them all at once...

Your analysis hits the nail on the head. Bush has laid down very clearly the criteria for dealing with the pali-arab-islamist factions. Each nation-state can clean up the extremist messes, or in time the US will have no choice, but to do so. But at the time, place and with tactics of our chosing.