The Al-Qa'aeda aren't nearly as dangerous as the U.S. government...who has bigger bombs, more money, slicker rhetoric, and who's killed more people? I await the volley of shouts about how the Al-Qa'aeda are monsters who blow up innocents...just how guilty do you think your average two-year-old blown to bits by the U.S. Marines is?

I see it as two rival factions, nothing more. Both are brutal and commit unspeakable acts, and both have some legitimate grievances as well as a lot of bullshit they need to let go.