Ahhh AA SLF I appologise for doubting you!
I saw your last post that you quote and replied thus, from memory.
I agree that this act of terrorism is beyond the wests comprehension and is unjustifiable under any circumstances.
However!
Things are NEVER that simple!
I agree that the perpetrators of this obscenity MUST be brought to justice!
But things are NEVER that simple!
I WILL fight if called upon to defend the good aspects of Western Civilisation but fear that in the process I will be defending almost 100 years of mistakes and lost opportunities.
I believe there is NO CHANCE that the west will defuse this problem and that we will end up at war.
However!
Having punished whomever was responsible and the people who supported and harboured them we must address the reasons underlying the hatred.
Anything else and we run the risk of this war crossing generations, our children will still be fighting it after we're gone!
Do we really want to ensure the next generation of Islamic youth hate us more than the current one?
The history is out there. The fundamentalists don't hate us because they have nothing better to do with their time.
Lastly I'm Australian, not so different from you just a little more removed from the emotion!
Chuck.