On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:47:41 -0800, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

Do NOT construe any of my comments as condonement of the terrorist
activities. That's not what I'm saying. But to pretend that the terrorists
are just randomly choosing to attack Americans is ridiculous. They targeted
us for a reason, and frankly continuing a policy of aggression rather than
reconciliation is just making terrorism worse.

Actually Pete, I think they claimed that the attacks were planned as a
reaction to their belief that the holy land was desecrated when
infidels (coalition troops) occupied Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1991
during "Desert Storm".

They chose the WTC and the Pentagon, and apparently were also
intending to hit the White House or the Capital building (but that
flight crashed due to the attack of the passengers on board the
airliner when they figured out what their likely fate would be) for
their symbology and, in the case of the WTC, it's vulnerability.

I'd lay the blame at the foot of religion...again.

Corky Scott