I see this terrorism in the same context of behavior as the sarin gas attack by the Aum cult in Japan, the suicide/murder in Jonestown, McVeigh's bombing of the Oklahoma City federal buidling, and other destructive acts that are aimed at innocent citizens. One side's terrorist is the other side's martyr. We have to see the difference between self-defense against criminal acts compared to going to war for a "cause". The "other side" is at war for their cause, too. Their beliefs lead to actions that attack and kill, and we need to realize that self defense against terrorism should not bring us to acting just as they do. When we discovered that it was an American who bombed the building in Oklahoma City, we began the legal action of finding evidence and going to trial. If this could be done on a world-wide scale, finding the evidence of crime and criminal conspiracy and taking action to put those people on trial, is a lawful and civilized way to respond to what is unlawful and uncivilized. If we kneejerk create more chaos and killing in the world, we are adding to the problem, not solving it.