All jesting aside...

It seems to me that bin Laden is something of a cult leader. The people who follow him are following HIM, and not necessarily Allah. He has brainwashed them into thinking that the US wants to demolish Islam - never mind that the US has a huge Muslim population, many of whom came here because of the likes of people like bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

I haven't heard anyone mention cultism in all of this, and I'm not sure why - maybe to avoid the perception that we think Islam itself is a cult, and we don't want to offend anyone. I'm just wondering if we might not think about approaching Al Qaeda from the cult angle...

Just musing out loud.