&gt; We&#x27;re hardly going to be able to tease this one out over a Hacker News thread. I was just surprised to see someone I esteem so highly as jacquesm expousing what is, to my mind, such an ill-informed opinion. I have no intention of taking it any further.<p>That&#x27;s rich, given that you all but dragged the whole thing out in the first place.<p>If you&#x27;re ready to call me &#x27;ill informed&#x27; and you&#x27;re unable to see that to victims of war it hardly matters whether the perpetrator is two old white guys praying in an old building for guidance or some Imam in a mosque who by remote control pull the trigger then indeed, I should have left this well alone. But trust me, as long as that is a thing that can not be discussed with some dispassion this mess will not end, it will only get (<i>much</i>) worse.