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I don't really want to leave "why/how the US came to invade Iraq" out - it's just that IMHO that that'd be the easiest thing for a flame-fest to start over - and I figure a lot of that's starting to come out in investigations anyway.

I've been more trying to wade through the polemic (on both sides) about why the US is a target, both deservedly and undeservedly so, and why there's at least one strain of Islam (call it Wahibism, Islamic fascism, or jihadism) that seems to be very much involved with terrorism.
Then there's "what's the deal with Saudi Arabia?" - at a minimum they've spread Wahibism all over the planet, spending billions on mosques where that's the Islam being taught.
And - if the general middle east population thinks jihadism is wrong, why aren't they speaking out about it - or maybe they all think it's OK(?)
Of course, the US support for Israel is clearly involved in all this - but this area might be flame bait as well.

Oh - there seems to be a lot more polemic coming from the Right - but that could just be my left-leaning attitudes kicking in