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To: epicure who wrote (1578)7/13/2005 9:13:55 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 542007
 
And yet, those terrorist murderers who survive long enough to explain themselves seem to have a different rational.

...saying he killed van Gogh based on his religious beliefs. "I acted out of conviction and not out of hate," Bouyeri told the court. "If I'm ever released, I'd do the same again. Exactly the same." He added that his actions were based on "the law that instructs me to chop off the head of everyone who insults Allah or the Prophet,'' Muhammad.
iht.com

Indeed, the U.S. occupied neither Afghanistan nor Iraq when 19 suicide bombers decided to murder 3,000 innocents on 9/11. Mr. Pape and Mr. Buchanan can try as they might to assign blame to the innocents, but it doesn't wash with most people.