Taint so Don Firth. That Bin Laden chump is another rich capitalist seeking domination, him and his followers aren't anti-imperialist just anti-foreign imperialism on their patch. They aren't defending freedom for arabs or muslim dignity, though he might use that as his propaganda. They seek to dominate the resources of arabia and the exploit working people there. There is no reason to believe that, like the west, they would not seek to extend their control from their patch if the west wasn't stealing oil that they believe theirs. Whoever controls the oil or wins the war, the workers everywhere lose out. The state, or those aspiring to statehood, can only act for the dominant economic interests as it upholds the minority control of resources which can only be done by force thus presupposing violence. Common ownership and democratic control of the means of production is the only way that we live can in peace.