The ideas and beliefs of our enemy are geared toward subjugation. Our response is absolutely not reciprocal or morally equivalent in any way. To the extent our nation has responded with violence, I'm reminded of the general that is often quoted by Colin Powell: "The only land we have ever taken from one of our vanquished enemies, is that land required to bury our dead."

Our ideas and beliefs do not include slaughtering the peaceful. We are not subjugators. You are simply mistaken when you conflate the ideas and beliefs or our nation with those of our enemy. If I didn't know you were an airline pilot, I would think you were a lifelong academic - the kind that refer to themselves as "intellectuals."

Carl