HailTheLeaf said:

Really? They've invaded our country and bombed our houses? they've taken control of our government and resources? When did this happen? My electricity and water haven't been inturupted yet...I'm just taking a stab here, but maybe if our government stopped invading other countries and fucking with people, there might be fewer extermists in the Middle East who want us all dead.

So terrorism started just as we invaded Iraq? Oh, thats right, its been around for hundreds and thousands of years. What was thier justification then? Did we invade them before? Maybe it was Operation Desert Storm? Nope, we were defending a weaker country. I know, they must have been able to see in the future, knew we were going to invade them right now, and wanted to get a jump-start on it.

I wish I could live in your world where all we had to do was throw down our arms and the world would be filled with peace and happiness. Here in the real world, it doesn't work like that. Never has, never will. There is always going to be war, death, poverty, starvation, ect. The only thing people can do is try not to be the ones with the shit end of the stick.

There are only two ways to eliminate religious extremists... #1 - Everyone follows the same religion or #2 - No one follows any religion. Either way, there will always be extremists. And pointing your finger is not going to solve anything.