No, not really. I don't know if you really think like my sarcastic post or not (although I was expecting Mike to come along and express hope that I was coming around
).
I believe that the United States has the obligation to try to understand what motivates terrorists. If the opportunity presents itself then we should interrogate them someplace like Gitmo. If not, whatever a pathologist can discover on autopsy is fine with me.
Anyone who thinks they can be reasoned with has no more brains than those who think they can be scared into inaction. The simpletons who believe it's only a matter of "feeling their pain" are every bit as dangerous as the folks who think that any solution can be found exclusively with troops and military might.
I just don't think the tactical approach to the war on terror that President Bush, VP Haliburton, and that pivot man in the circle-jerk of current policy, Paul Wolfawitz, is going to work.