[mrnoodle]

(raises hand)

and they've retroactively edited their initial coverage of the bombing.

Of course there are moderate muslims. but they're not in charge. I'm not beating a wardrum, either (at least not in that post). I'm saying that we are dealing with a culture that values martyrdom, and that western civilization has always been a very appealing target for that martyrdom, because it represents everything that is hateful to a follower of Islam.

As a christian, I am opposed to lots of things that I consider morally wrong. But I don't strap on a bomb and detonate it on a bus. Who knows? Maybe I would, if my culture had pounded it into my head since birth that suicide bombing was a glorious and honorable thing to do. Or if I was so poor that I did it for the bounty that my country's leader would pay my family.

Just because the terrorist enemy doesn't wear matchy uniforms and have a big Kremlin to point to as the embodiment of the values it represents doesnt' make it any less organized, or any less widespread and dangerous. We should still approach it militarily, because it's far too big for criminal court. We couldn't bring the Nazis to task for their war crimes until they had been gutted militarily.