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To: Elroy who wrote (59276)	5/23/2007 9:14:13 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

If only your hypothetical scenario was true a hundred thousand times over. Then it might actually have some merit.

To: Elroy who wrote (59276)	5/23/2007 10:08:35 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Your scenario is interesting, but doesn't address the statistic, which deals with United States Muslims, not those in Iraq under circumstances such as you describe. Further, the poll referred to "defense of Islam", not to notions of revenge against an invading army. You can't take the "Muslim factor" out of this equation, imo. If there is any validity whatsoever to the numbers/poll under discussion, I would think you'd be very concerned. Personally, I find the notion that 13% of the Muslims in this country believe that suicide bombings can be justified to be very disturbing. Think of what a suicide bombing means. Even what you're saying is disturbing. It boils down to an eye for an eye. "They invaded me and my family was killed in collateral damage; so I'm going to strap a grenade onto my belt and kill a bunch of school children on a bus." In your scenario, the guy who would actually strap on a suicide vest to deliberately kill those "4 lovely children" belongs in the ground. There is something seriously wrong with that way of thinking. I'm curious as to why you feel you must find a way to "justify" a practice like suicide bombing. There are some things in the world that can't be justified, even if one can somewhat understand the motivation.