>I'd best not be the judge of my own rationality or lack thereof. However,
>the logic that "US imperialism is to blame for the acts of terrorism
>visited upon it" does seem quite similar to the reasoning that will surely
>be used in right-wing apologia for whatever military action the US employs:
>"the terrorism which provoked the US military action against (insert
>terrorist sect or nation here) is ultimately at fault for the (x number) of
>casualties incurred by (said sect or nation)."
Ah, yes, Luke, the reasoning is quite similar with an important exception: the former is offered as an explantion/context to help stop the violence, the latter is shoved down out throats as justification for more violence.
Todd