Ok, thanks.
Right now there is a war on terror/terrorists/terrorism.
In a nutshell, I can understand your gut feeling because the
jihad ("holy war") is global.
Just about anything can set off a jihadi -- from a cartoon to a carton
container with a squiggly design. With sensitivities this high by jihadis;
it is not unexpected that violent actions by jihadis will occur somewhere
in the world.
do you think there will be attacks in the west?
The Islamics are just like the Orcs, the nutty leader of Iran is the evil wizard Sauramon dressed in white while in his black tower at Eisengard. The other dark tower has the floating, bodiless eye of Sauaron in Mordor, which is just like Mecca with it's black rock...
The battle for Middle Earth is coming.
"it is not unexpected that violent actions by jihadis will occur somewhere in the world."
Cindy, I generally agree, but I also wonder if the AQ factions haven't written Saddam off already. While the Bathists are still trying to flex their muscles with threats and bluster, AQ has been fairly quiet about this whole process. Since they are foriegn to Iraq, they don't really have a stake in Saddam as a leader. I think he was a useful idiot for them and they used him as much as anything to utiliize his country and capabilities to build their own power. Now that he can't help them, I think they may simply kick him to the curb. They don't seem the loyal type, and if they could do something to damage the west, they would be doing it already.
There is something out of character about deliberately and methodically killing another human being. Our culture finds that repugnant, even when it is justified.