The more that I see, hear, or read about problems and events in the Mid-East, the more I realize that it is the epi-center of terrorism in the world.

Muslims, in general, from what I've been exposed to, seem fanatically in love with killing, doing it in a barbaric and grandiose way, and then bragging about it. It doesn't matter whether it's men, women, or children. They really are sick, in the most evil connotation of the word. They do not want peace. They want to carry on their wars and attrocities forever.

What makes them so mentally snd emotionally disturbed, with no regard for any human life? I suppose they are brain-washed from early childhood. It seems to be more rampant fanaticism than religion.

You have to realize that a Muslim believes he/she will gain paradise only if his/her good deeds outweigh the bad deeds. No one can be sure of that. The only one guaranteed entrance into paradise is the martyr. That is why they are so willing to die.

there is absolutely no justification for taking another human life... but ya gotta wonder what kind of desperation one must feel to give up living today based on a theory..... they must not be having much fun now

the natives of the americas, the philipines and africa probably had similar thoughts about the christian settlers - had they the technology, similar tragedies surely would have occured

they can bomb the world to pieces... but they can't bomb it into peace!!!!

STOP FIGHTING ALREADY!!!!!

WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST IN PEACE

Interesting. Imagine what could be accomplished if the people who put the suicide bomers on their courses would turn them to solving the problems of poverty and unemployment in the Gaza strip and the west bank. I would imagine that a people as gifted intellectually and as decorated with advanced degrees would probably be able to make something worth LIVING for. But that is just my western mindset, and not that of the Arab. Fair enough.
Take a look at the boarder between Israel and the territories..what is the deliniator? Trees and greenery on one, stark desert on the other. Two different mindsets.

indeed the land is an excelent parallel.... how long do you think it takes to cultivate a wasteland?.... a mindset?... 10yrs?... 20yrs?.... 30yrs? if poisin is planted poisin will grow

there is no justification in any of it

the only question is who is going to finally take the god-like stance and put an end to all the fighting?

certainly israel has all the cards

This is very interesting. After so much has been said on this subject, a new concept is brought to the table. This blog leaves one with much to think about. Please keep us posted as new information surfaces relative to education and suicide bombers.

Only an American news media outlet would take the time to run the numbers on the effectiveness of Islam homicide bombers.

The media elite of America believe the existence of the state of Israel is a mistake. They also believe, still, that Islam is a religion of peace, when the REAL DEFINITION of Islam is submission.

I await the day that the medial elite begin dressing like the Mutawa in order to "show us the light."

In the meantime, they will continue to support the homicide bombers, the 'insergents' who kill American troops. Treason should be called by its name.

Islam is the religion of death. They almost conquored the world during the Crusades, they were stopped on the outskirts of Paris. Today their jihad has led them further than that. They have all ready conquored Spain, and France. Britan (not too Great anymore) is on its knees steadily giving in to Islamic demands. They are trying to push the USA on its knees. They think they can but they havn't encountered REAL Americans yet. All they know are the butt kissing politicians and the peace at any price crowd. They havn't met the real Americans that would rather fight and die than bow down 5 times a day to their pagan god. They talk of jihad but they havn't seen the red-neck jihad. They talk of being a martyr and killing innocents for their evil religon. They dont know many people are willing, when the time comes, to be a martyr for Jesus! But we wont strap bombs to our chest and kill innocents. We will strap gun to our chest and kill the evil minons of allah(Satan). they want another religous war, its plain to see. We havn't started dishing out the pain yet!!

Read the book "Now They Call Me Infidel" by Nonie Darwish, an Arab American. It explains so much about Muslims & Islamism that I never understood. If we don't wake up & see what these people are really up to, it will be the end of us & our way of life as we know it in the U.S.A.

It's hard to believe, but it seems the mainstream American television media has perhaps become more hated than the attorneys. Let's hope not as much as Hillary Clinton.

Symbian, we can always change the channel, watch Charlie Rose or Jim Lehrer instead of Gibson or whats-her-name. People putting energy into "hating" an entertainment company is completely silly.

When does the war start?
Like the way we fought in WW2. Beat the enemy into submission.

I'm waiting on open season on Muslims who all get their teachings from the Koran which is a book of war. Just like Mohammed was a warrior. He taught war. I'm heavily armed and biding my time. We also need a good Civil War pitting the blue states against the red states. Damn Democrats.

If we could get some real leaders in this country, who wanted to protect this great country of ours, the problem with the middle east is that we have a cancer growing over there and we have let it fester for decades now. Their are 2 ways to deal with cancer try to cut it out like we are trying to do now ( but not hard enough ) or throw some radiation at the problem. If they had are weapons we would already be dead most people agree with that so let's do it so our children don't have deal with this problem when they grow up. They love death so much let's give them what they want a whole lot of death at one time, our bombs are bigger than there's no matter how many homicide bombers they think they can send. We can knock out whole cities at a time, we are the superpower and we need to star acting like one kill them all then rebuild. This might sound extreme to some people but were dealing with extreme nutters so let's fight fire with fire so our children don't have to fight this battle when they get older and they have are weapons. If we had the people of today running things in WW2 ( you know who I mean ) we all would be speaking German or Japanesse now ( 3500 soldiers dead and certain people want to wave the white flag remember 500,000+ soldiers died in WW2 )

It's heartening to read the comments here of so many that do truly understand the sickness that plagues the planet in the form of Islamo-Fascism. Unfortunately too many people in the west are self-indulgent fools, spending their free hours playing video games and dreaming of being on American Idol. These morons still think that if we just pull out of Iraq there will actually be world peace. Such idiocy astounds me. Yes, the rules of engagement need to be changed. No press should be allowed in a war zone unless he lives, breathes, talks and looks like Ollie North.

We, as a nation of voters, need to find a way to rid Congress and the Senate of the treasonist's who are allowing our soldiers to be demoralized and killed by their political games. Our troops have a job to do and we need them to be able to do it and do it right. Wouldn't it be great if we all voted to not vote instead of allowing this crap to continue? That should be a wake up call for at least a few anyway. Some still wont get it unfortunately.

I think I have finally found a home. So many people here think just like me. I am not a Christian, but I am tolerant of all religions and refuse to be subjugated by the islam rabel.

RE. F.Lion at 4:38pm

interesting comment, off course the wars the the USA have started (Iraq, Vietnam etc etc) have all dropped feathers thus only tickling the opposition fighters and other "collateral". Oh and being that the only country to wipe out massess (hundreds of thousands) of innocent civilians with 2 bombs was the USA makes them seem even friendlier than these blood thirsty middle eastern people.

Remember that there wouldnt be a blood bath of American or Iraqi's if Bush hadn't decided to start a war there. America is no safer because there were no WMD's in Iraq, nor was there any collaboration with al qaeda BUT look at what that wisdom has brought Americans.

Ironically the devil we knew in Iraq could do what the USA can't.

Next time the President wishes to bomb someone else, please ask that he educate himself so as to prevent the deaths of many including American lives.

It's funny how conveniently we in America forget that Israel is in violation of 3 U.N. sanctions and multiple peace agreements. We forget that over the last 30 years, it has been the Arabs, not the Israelis, who have offered compromises. It was Israel who has attacked the West Bank - land to which the U.N. has stated Israel has no right - in order to create additional hostility and cause retribution. It is Israel who has completely cut off Gaza from the rest of world, preventing food, medicine, transit, and communication.

There is no cause and effect here, between education and suicide bombing. Education leads to enlightenment, until that enlightenment is doused by the hatred and vitriol of the few.

Don't let the unwashed masses believe that education is evil. Do not let them believe that faith must exist absent rational thought. Do not use this as a tool to further dumb down the people. To do so work against progress and evolution. It degrades us as a people, as a country, as a civilization.

I fear that this ill-conceived study and report will lead to shutting down educational institutions that would otherwise work to enlighten the minds of Palestinian youth, allowing them to seek a better, peaceful world.

I am stunned at the comments and hatred bandied about by all. Killing is wrong and everyone agrees with that, muslim, christian, jew, hindu or whatever. However, every religion or people have the right to protect themselves and fight for their freedom. The Palestinians (both Christian and Muslim) have been under occupation since 1967, in a virtual prison in Gaza and now in the west bank with the building of the wall of concrete. Palestinians have no other means to fight for their freedom. When someone who is educated and has the intellegence to understand what he/she is doing, and feels that the only way to fight for freedom is to sacrifice his/her life, it shows the hopelessness of doing this. I am a palestinian american, who happens to be Christian, and I am very upset and appalled at the attacks on Islam. Do not forget that more people have been killed in the name of Christianity and Jesus Christ in history than for any other reason. The Crusades that someone referred to was an attack by the Europe against the middle east, and whole town and cities were killed by the crusaders.

Let us hope that the Islamophobic comments in this Blog are not representative of the true opinions of the majority of the American people. They would be unworthy of a great nation that has done much good for the world. Nonetheless, that nation, no matter how great and how good, also bears responsibility for many of the problems the world faces. That is the inevitable burden of being the last superpower that cannot resist playing globocop as well.