I am a firm subscriber to the theory that fear works. Mess with us, hurt our folks, you will die. Not only will you die, your family will suffer andyour country will be blasted.'

Amen !!! :)

Wasn't it Caligula who said, "Let them hate me, so long as they fear me"? <s>

One of the most disturbing aspects of all this (even more disturbing than U.S. apologists) is that terrorists KNOW they can count on the liberal bias of this country to characterize an appropriate American response as "war-mongering".

They know that they can attack us, and sit back and watch and laugh their asses off as liberals attempt to justifiy terrorist actions and try to stop us from responding with action (or belly-aching after the fact that we acted inhumanely).

So in a sense, their best ally is the American bleeding heart liberals. (and even so-called "conservatives" who talk a good game but chicken out in the end)