Quote Originally Posted by IanCurtisWishlist
Let me put it this way--on Sept. 11th, when they took down the WTC, some 3,000 people were killed. Civilians, going to work to support themselves, were killed. But George Bush, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld--the people responsible for the 'war' in Iraq--they are still living. Wouldn't it make more sense if these terrorists targeted political figures?
Sept 11th happened before the war in Iraq. I mean, I guess you could link it to Desert Storm reparations, if you wanted to make really convoluted arguments.
But unless you're trying to make that connection, we went to war because of sept 11th, remember? Because Iraq was behind it the whole time...

As I understand it the fundamentalist bone to pick is not with US political system, but rather with our way of life. Which, all of our civilians partake in. In this tacit participation, there are no noncombatants, everyone is a target because the battle is over lifestyle itself.

They're a dogmatically bound people, controlled by overly religious leaders and doing the best they can with the weapons they have.

It's important to remember however that God is on our side, George W is a great man, and our armorment is vastly superior to theirs. And we only kill the bad muslims who really really deserve it. Civilian casualities are for barbarians.