My problem with the way that American's - not all but enough to cause a stink, deal with Islam is that they really make it seem as though we have something to proove. Yes, what was done and is being done by terrorist groups is a horible thing... But lets not be two faced about it. The United States has been war mongering for a long time before the 9-11 attacks or any of the attrocities commited. If you need examples, just look at our history. A bloody past that is full of prejudice, pretentiousnous, lies, theft, and welll... War Mongering.
Druing World War Two Japan bombed Pearl Harbour right? A military base. What was the reaction of the U.S.? We bombed thier civilians. Now, while I am sure as glad as everyone else that ti ended the war... Lets look at it rationally. How much power do We as Americans have over the military decisions of our government? How much power did the Japanese public have? So we have been invading the Middle East for decades, ripping it apart, placing new people in power and then deciding we don't want the one put in power there anymore, so we rip it down and staert over. How long did you think they were going to put up with it before they fought back? Don't you all think that they had a right to pissed? Sure, they could have handled it peacefully, but would we have listened? I doubt it. It takes a really LOUD bomb-explosion-catastrophe to get our attention.
As far as the religious angle, lets look at it this way. Christianity was responsible for the Spanish Inquisition. How many innocents died in the name of that fiasco? And did Christianity DIE. No, it thrived. Despite the fact that it was "Cleansing" the world of Jews, Muslims, and any other religion it deemed "AntiChristian" which was well... Pretty much every religion. So where is the difference between what Christianity did, and what the Muslim Extremeists are doing? And yet, we don't blame the Christians solely because it was a Political Move on part of the Spanish regime. Do we say that ALL Christians were to blame then? No, because they weren't. And yet, how many of them stood up to defend what they thought was right? Not very many I assure you. They didn't want to be hanged or left to die in a prison.