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"we the usa" and "they the arabs" are both fictional constructs. In fact "they" are the fundiecon fanatics both here and there who are agitating to define this as a religious war. And in both cases the goal is land and power. "We," the ordinary people both there and here, are being propagandized with the "good-evil" religious hate mongering, and some fall for it.

I think the reason that so many non-USA commentators and people are clear about the power aspect is two-fold. One is that the victim of oppression is often readier to cast off illusions than the perp. Another, of course, is the "opinion-makers" in the two worlds have different goals. One side (BushBinLaden) is using religious mania to promote increased conflict. The other side, the people of the lands affected and those with nothing to gain from bloodletting who ally with them, seeks to avoid the invasions and devastation that are the goals of the power-mad fundiecons, and so find using delusional rhetoric to ramp up irrational passions to be counterproductive.