[Attalus]

The problem with the "Blame the U.S." mentality is that none of the critics that nitpick our "Wa r on Terrorism" seem to accept that it is indeed a war. True, we did not declare war of Afghanistan, but they did receive an ultimatum ("Surrender Osama bin Ladena and his Lieutenants, close the training camps, or we will take you out.") and they ignoed it to their disaster. Now, if the legitimate government of a state ignores ultimata from the world's only remaining superpower, they should expect war. In war, innocents are going to die, regrettably. Do they think that we are intentionally killing innocents? What kind of military sense would that make? Only the fact of the successful demonization of the U.S. by the Arab media could create such animosity. That is the only thing that we should make an effort to change. These terrorists were mostly middle class, for crying out loud. They weren't poor, just vicious.