MURDEROUS DERRING-DO

In a long article in The Boston Globe, Bryan Bender reports on studies that reveal that Iraq is indeed the front line in the war on terror but that the terrorists would not have become terrorists were Iraq not occupied. Deep in the article is a revealing choice of word:

But the impact of the foreign fighters has been enormous. They are blamed for the almost daily suicide attacks against US and Iraqi forces and have killed thousands of civilians, mostly members of Iraq's Shia Muslim majority. Their exploits have been responsible for much of the headline-grabbing carnage recently, contributing to the slide in American public support for the war.

It takes an unusual mindset to admire those who kill indiscriminately in pursuing a political agenda.