[Vautrin]

First of all I had tried for twenty minutes to post last night, and it did not come through - so I am surprised to see the post here actually.

And what DA is saying is right about my position. You can as easily argue that the opposition to Iran (and support for Israel - and we can go decades, if not centuries back) may be an act of terrorism in the eyes of the people who support Islamic Fundamentalism. Which is only one of many possible brands of fundamentalism, or other anti-Western sentiments in the world. So that the attacks of 9/11 were only a limited payback for past grievances, from the point of view of some Islamic fundamentalists.
Now - a perfect vicious cycle has set in. 3,000 dead in the attacks of 9/11. 2,000 American soldiers in Iraq. Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians - and the resistance in Iraq is anything but defeated. If this is civilization, then barbary must be peace.

BTW, the correct term may be nationalism.