No such thing as radical christianity? Dude, read a history book. Catholic Queens used to chop off the heads of Lutherans, the crusades, etc. And the people who voted for Bush two times are radical christians. They see the end of days coming and that's why they defend israel. We have radical christians, along with jews, shaping our middle east policies.
Bin Ladin has nothing to do with Islam. As soon as we stop attacking/offending Islam, the sooner we'll get their help dealing with these kooks. Take the Islam out of your sentences and maybe you are correct.
But what do we do? Maybe we stop being buddy buddy with the rulers of their country that keep them down, just because we want their oil. No wonder the poor people in Saudi Arabia hate us. Their kings screw them daily and we do business with their kings. And their kings tell them we are the bad guys!!!!
So maybe we take out the Saudi royal family? But that has nothing to do with Islam or Muslims. Dude, we will make more enemies if we keep talking the way you talk.
And I know Robert Gates is a Bushie, but I read his report on "terrorism", and he seems to get it beyond just SURGING. He understands we can't win militarily. Yes the surge worked, but to win in the muslim world, we have to win the hearts and minds of the people over there. And right now, we are the evil west. And we deserve the title, because Bush lied and occupied for oil.
I can't wait until we have alternative fuels. Yesterday I heard they are cloning trees to make them better for turning into fuels and so they grow faster.
I also heard a story about how this guy has a battery car but he has to run an extention cord from his parking lot, thru the lobby and to his office to charge it. So he's starting a company where he puts plug in's in office parking lots.
He said it's the chicken & the egg problem. No one buys electic cars because there's nowhere to plug them in and no one puts in power outlets because no one has electric cars. LOL.
The best thing for us is to get off foreign fuels.
And notice when we got serious about getting off oil, gas went back to under $2? We're being played!!!!