It's no different from the US dropping cluster bombs on villages.
> The first thing to remember when trying to guess what Al Qaeda was
> thinking is their worldview or outlook. The victims were infidels in
> their minds, as are we. Infidels deserve to die from their point of view
> while Washington probably doesn't think that 'collateral damage' victims
> deserve it.
This is utter bullshit. If you read the actual statements and writtings made by Al-Qaeda supporters they justify it not because those killed were "infidels" but because it was retaliation for Muslims killed by the US. This is explicitely stated. We don't have to guess at what al-qaeda is thinking - they'll tell us (and have). The first thing to remember when discussing what Al-Qaeda memebers are thinking is that their worldview/outlook is not the simplistic characature portrayed on CNN. If Al-Qaeda wanted to maximize casualties they'd have crashed into nuclear plants, not the Pentagon. Show me one statement in which Bin Laden calls for the extermination of _all_ infidels worldwide simply because they are infidels. You can't because he never advocated that.
> Looks like Saddam Hussein will be listed among Al Qaeda's 'collateral damage'
> - albeit indirectly collateral.
They'll certainly be happy with that since they want Hussein overthrown.
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