Amen! Chris, you make many of the points I would make.Additionally, I would say that the radical Islam poses the same existential threat to the US and Americans as to Israel and Jews. When adherants to a religion FAIL TO GROW UP and see extreme acts of violence as acceptable within society, they pose a real and present threat to that society. When others, whether in that religion or not, fail to denounce such actions, civilization as a whole suffers. With each occurrence of such acts, humanity is reduced. The US founding principles are incompatible with a people who would allow such atrocities. Liberty -- the freedom to do as you will so long as your actions do not cause real harm to others -- is a grown-up concept, and requires tolerance, discipline and restraint. Those who choose to be intolerant and without restraint simply have no place in our society, and will be the end of it if they are not removed when appropriate.