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It will be a bad world to be a muslim. So???

[rickylc]

Point well taken,

I guess I'm thinking in my rational western way, like it's a battle of minds as well as bodies to be won.
Rather than with a heart filled with hatred wanting nothing but death for all.

[rickylc]

But I'm also trying to think about the big strategic picture. Where will they hit next and how soon?

This was 2 1/2 years after 9/11. If the want to accomplish anything, they certainly can't wait another 2 1/2 years, eh?

If so, this attack did nothing for them, except turn public sentiment against them.

This was only days before elections in Spain, any other countries on their hit list with elections coming up?

Russia's is soon? or did it already happen? How long ago were the attacks on the Russian commuter train? It seems like eons ago...