Mayomick provides a salutory example of just how stupid some people can be.

That is before al Qaeda and the Taliban, before the creation of Israel or the Arab-Israeli conflict, before Khomeini, before Saudi Arabia, before drones, before most Americans even knew what jihad or Islam was, and, most importantly, well before the United States had engaged in a single military instead of sayincursion overseas or even had an established foreign policy. But after the crusades, Bobad.

Apologies Keith. I suppose instead of saying "Or is it that you think the resulting catastrophe, in which innocent civilians have died in many scores of thousands, should be met with peaceful protest?" I should have said: "Or is it that you expect the resulting casualty...will be meet by peaceful protest?" That would have been nearer to what I meant, but I admit that I have great sypmathy with violent protest in some circs, even in our dempracy. One vote in four years allows precious little scope to express a view on everything.