2112,
Sorry thought I answered your question but maybe I didn't. I think I said earlier that evil should condemned by all civilized people on both sides. Why everyone doesn't, probably many reasons. The problem is that we only see our side, read our news and understand from the base of our upbringing and understanding. So being in a safe and secure United States of America and not being subjected to foriegn invaders for years it is easy to say that some other people should see things our way and freely offer up condemnation. That has proven to be hard to do, even in America, without being subjected to some form of retaliation, especially if you are a government official. Look at Suzy Sheehan or Valerie Plame. Get an alternative view and understand that there are over 7,000,000,000 people living on the planet and the 300,000,000 of us in the US have been blessed many times more than others due our hard work, perserverance, good fortune, and some exploitation of poorer people and countries. It is like hearing the question after hurricane Katrina, why did not they leave? I say those that had the means for the most part did, but from an outsider of the region that is hard to understand. So, the best thing to do is get knowledge of the area and remember that there are many Americans, other westerners other religious people living in these areas in peace, if the danger was so great why are they there? Many westerners in Lebanon, working, studying, vacationing before this last war, all of them there of there free will. Families with children, they only seemed afraid of the bombs that were falling not the people they were living amongst. You will find the same thing in all of the region, even Iran. Each leader has to face or condemn evil if they don't the evil will eventually destroy them, but those that don't should not be attacked by the superpower based off the desire to control. In time terrorism does not work it is like a termite destroying from within. We in the west supposedly know better, are more civilized and should not use the means of the barbaric to get our way. We are not under attack, don't believe the hype!