All warfaring nations have committed atrocities, I&#x27;m not denying that and I&#x27;d be the first to condemn these actions if they&#x27;d be discussed now. What I&#x27;m unconvinced of is whether Americans would put their own personal survival lower than the prospect of martyrdom, as long as they don&#x27;t get indoctrinated by religious beliefs of this sort. It&#x27;s a similar argument of whether the Nazis or the Khmer Rouge were just a product of their circumstances - no, I don&#x27;t think so. Their ideology was actively warped to a point where it was detrimental to human survival, detrimental to what our biology tells us to do, and something everyone with a clear mind is IMO obligated to stand up against.<p>There&#x27;s a difference between terrorism with clear political goals and terrorism that&#x27;s targeted at our very way of life. One can be attributed to circumstances and can be dealt with in a more or less peaceful matters (e.g. &#x27;give them what they want&#x27;), the other cannot.