"We" are Mudcat, and from all over the world. "Who we Americans are" maybe?

It's useful to remember Patrick Henry at a time when people keep on asserting that there's something strange and inconceivable and alien about suicide bombers and such. "Give me liberty or give me death."

(And please note, that's not praising what they do in any way - it's pointing out that there's something familiar about that way of thinking in most cultures.)