we have created the problem.  We have supported monarchy regimes in order to battle communism and so have fertilized the seeds of the Islamic religious fundamentalists.  Hell, I don't blame them for lumping us all together.  You reap what you sow.

My point was that continuing on the path we're on will lead to an escalation of the problem.  There are alternatives, albeit not easy or clear ones.  But we have to try.  We're going to have to deal with our sins of the past and it will be rough.  But anything is better than the course we're on now, which is guaranteed isolation from the rest of the planet.