[SteamshipTime]

As I recall, al-Qaeda's fight with us is the U.S. military (i.e., infidel) presence in Saudi Arabia and the continuing war and sanctions against Iraq. In that sense, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had nothing to do with 9/11. To the extent U.S. support for Israel is a factor, we are getting ourselves involved in a religious war which will rage on regardless of how uneconomic, illogical, or unethical it becomes.