"You would not have known your son" -- Gandalf to Denethor

The following is taken from an article by Fareed Zakaria which I encountered on Newsweek's webpage:

The shift has been especially dramatic in Jordan, where only 12 percent of Jordanians view suicide attacks as "often or sometimes justified" (down from 57 percent in 2005). In Indonesia, 85 percent of respondents agree that terrorist attacks are "rarely/never justified" (in 2002, by contrast, only 70 percent opposed such attacks). In Pakistan, that figure is 90 percent, up from 43 percent in 2002. [London School of Economics professor] Gerges points out that, by comparison, only 46 percent of Americans say that "bombing and other attacks intentionally aimed at civilians" are "never justified," while 24 percent believe these attacks are "often or sometimes justified."

In summary: as we fight our war on terror, only 46 percent of us actually think terror is something that deserves to have a war waged against it; 24 percent of us would consider using terror ourselves.

God bless 'merica.