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... that we happen to be fighting a Religious War right now, after having been attacked by fanatic Muslims (who see their world as having been defiled by infidel Christians). That's why we have a Global War On Terror and a Clash Of Civilizations, instead of doing what we would do about mass-murdering criminals under any other circumstance: track 'em down and lock 'em up.
1. We were not attacked for our religion, but for our actions, in Iran in the 50's when we imprisoned their president and took over their nation, the betrayal of the middle east in the name of oil after WW I, the tragedy of the installation of Israel at the expense of its inhabitants and all that came after, Lebanon's annihilation and bombing, the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, the list is endless. This was made manifest in the declaration after the attack; I daresay that they would have attacked us anyway even if they were Christian. People use whatever belief system they were born into to justify war. WE did it in the Philippines at the end of the 19th century and we certainly have generals and colonels who have stated bluntly that they are fighting the Armaggedon war with Islam as the representation of Satan.
2. The people who attacked us, The Base, could only round up 19 men out of a billion to attack us with four planes. If you read the 9-11 commission report, the original plan was to attack with 12 planes! They could not find enough men. That is the worldwide menace you fear. 19 men with a few money men behind them. That isn't an international enemy, that's a street gang.
3. The 19 men are dead, and you can't round them up and kill them. Only BL is free, and frankly that is because Bush messed it up.
4. There is no such thing as Terror, you can't have a war against a concept, and there is no "War on Terror" any more than you can have a "War on Anger". What we have is an invasion and attempted conquest of one (arguably 2!) innocent country which was made a scapegoat for what a few dozen mostly dead men did. NOW what we have is angry people trying to kill us to get us to get the hell out of their country. Religion is just something we use to justify our insanity in killing brown people who kinda look like some 19 guys who got us. We blame their religion for the fact they shoot at our armored conquerers. You want them to stop? LEAVE.
