"You love life, we love death"

This is in effect a paraphrasing of the observation that Ho Chi Minh once made, in that America (and by association these days, its allies) could never prevail, because they (we) are too sentimental about their (our) dead.

Rough thing to say, but as has been proven in Spain, he identified an Achilles Heel, that, if the powers that be don't (for one) settle down and sort out the Israeli/Palestinian question, which all militant Islamic groups point to as a source of inspiration, Bin Laden and his cronies will continue to exploit.