Sophocles penned: TERRORISTS: Supported by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred, intolerance, subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers. US GOVERNMENT: Supported by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred, intolerance, subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers.

I must politely disagree, Sophoclese. I'll take the US version of "subjugation" over the terror that women live under in Afghanistan and other Islamic nations any day of the week.

I must also politely disagree with most of the rest of it as well. It is an issue of degree. While the US may have areas where these comparisons can be roughly drawn on paper, the reality is like comparing Niagra Falls with a leaky faucet. Both are "running water".