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"We're not facing a set of grievances" that can be negotiated, Bush said.
"We're facing a radical ideology with an unalterable objective, to enslave whole nations and intimidate the whole world," he said.
This seems to capture the essence of our problem. I absolutely agree with what the President says here. Unfortunately, our enemies can make exactly the same claim, with equal justification.
Thus, further in the same article:
Bush said the war has not caused hatred of the United States among radical Muslims or global terror attacks, but rather is an "excuse" to further the goal of creating an Islamic state across the Mideast.
I'd be unsurprised to see an article quoting Al-Zawahiri using very similar language, about how the war against Zionist Crusaiders has not caused hatred of Islam, but is only an excuse for building oil pipelines in Afghanistan, military bases in Iraq, etc.
<sigh>
"When fighting monsters, take care, lest you become yourself a monster." --Nietzsche
