Atleast the Taliban have an excuse where they lived in caves, had no education, and were isolated from the world.  
  What else, other than blind allegiance do you expect for a nation where probably a majority of kids to this day couldn't find Iraq on a map, let alone Alaska. Yeh they are really going to grow up and do great things for our country!!
  Our nation, the most open and technologically advanced nation, where more information is available at any given time through the most diverse and accessible resources has produced a public where 80% probably still believe Saddam was behind 9-11.  Even the Taliban must be laughing
  As ignorat as it sounds, a majority of the blame lies directly on the public education system.

... I think that political views and opinions become extreme when we fail to see people we disagree with as people anymore.  Sticking to myself, I become an extremist when people with strong religious or moral views try to inforce their views on me. I hope that someday I can get beyond that and deal with them as people.  I want to be able to disagree with them and resist there efforts, but deal with them nontheless.  

the fault isn't in our schools, but in our natures, our incapacitiy to treat each other kindly,  and our inability to do "politics" well.  Politics is essentially how groups of people deal with each other and is the most difficult and highest human calling.  It's why things like this board are important -- talking with others about issues where you are not in agreement is the most difficult and satisfying human skill.


Harry

I will contend that anyone who believes that the troops are "fighting and dying for the amusement of Bush & Associates" is also an extremist.

RLTW