[onewhippedpuppy]

Nicely put Joe, when our culture as a whole offends them, and motivates them to attempt to kill us, how do we make nice? How do you compromise with someone that believes that he is called by his god to kill you? That's pretty powerful brainwashing, UN diplomacy isn't going to just take care of it. I agree that we have made mistakes in the past in the region, but just look at Iran announcing that they would confiscate Ipods or similar that have western music on them. The hate everything that makes us American, the only thing that would appease them is for us all to convert to Islam, and live life as they dictate. I'll be standing next to Joe on the front lines before I make that choice.