[Pierre]

"None of us has a choice. To bin Laden we are all the same: Christians, however agnostic; Crusaders, however timid; Americaââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s allies, however disloyal; capitalists, however leftish; enemies of Islam, however hostile to Zionism."

And to Bush and his ilk *we* are all the same. "You're either with us or you're against us".

Well I know where I stand, I'm with them.

The article continues "[...] we now have to face a global terror intended to destroy our society. It is based on religious fanaticism and hatred of the modern world in almost all its manifestations, but particularly of the global power of the United States."

And he implies that this is a bad thing, but can he make the leap of imagination to consider what it may be like from *their* point of view? Is the "global power of the United States" *necessarily* a "good thing"? Is the Western Media pouring scorn on someone else's beliefs (or, at least, their mis-?-understanding of those beliefs) absolutely a benefit? Is the "modern world" entirely to blame? Or just those who (ab)use its power to try to run the world in the way that *they* see fit?

I think you'll find it is they who pour scorn on our beliefs, whereas I'm sure we are happy to live in a world that has Islam. They will only be happy when there is ONLY Islam. It is there mission to eradicate all non-islamic governments.

I know you are trying to give a balanced argument. I doubt, however, that they would do the same.