[Mule]

Tabs said:
"In the eyes of the Muslims through out the world it has caused any sympathy for the US cause to dwindle. It has caused the more moderate in the Muslim world who were willing to give America the benfit of the doubt to now look upon America in the pejorative."

This sounds good but has no basis in fact. The reality is that the number of Muslims world-wide who were ever willing to give us the benefit of the doubt was roughly equivelent to the number of old sickly billionaires that Anna Nicole wouldn't sleep with. Consider this quote from the preface of the 911 report:

"The enemy rallies broad support in the Arab and Muslim world
by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitless. Its purpose is to rid the world of religious and political pluralism, the plebiscite, and equal rights for women. It makes no distinction between military and civilian targets. Collateral damage is not in its lexicon."

Now remember, this is a bi-partisan, plitically correct operation of the govt. For them to say "broad support in the Arab and Muslim world," it had to be very broad indeed.

To all the folks who think this war is so horrible & wrong, ask yourself two questions 1. If a guy is willing to strap dynamite to his 8 yr old boy to go blow up people he doesn't even know, how does one explain to this guy that this is wrong? 2. If it turns out that your understanding of these people is wrong & they have no interest in peace, except under muslim rule, are you prepared to fight them here in our streets instead of their streets?