Remove oil and the per capita income of most Muslims in the world is not that much higher than that of sub-Sahran Africans. Yet they live amidst filthy wealth, corruption, hypocrisy, and great indifference. Add to the mix fanattical teachings supported by Saudi $$$, the incessant stories on the plight of the Palestians, the the string of military defeats in the past 30 years--some of them quite humiliating--and one can understand by these people are primed to strike back.

But all this has almost nothing to do with Islam. Islam is being used as a tool. The war with Iraq was not about Islam. The tough words with Iran or Libya had nothing to do with Islam. The pressure on Saudi Arabia has nothing to do with Islam. IN fact, I think there are many lessons we can learn from Islam right here and right now, including piety, rcaial tolerance and the focus on family.

Sure, I agree that targeting Muslims will likely yield more terrorists, but we are talking correlation and not causation as you initially posted.