No need to clarify the obvious. I would, however disagree with the 100% certainity of your conviction that Iraq had nothing to do with 911. You seriously think Saddam did nothing to support Al Qaeda? I would argue that our real enemy is not Al Qaeda specifically but terrorism as an institution. And governments that support or harbor terrorists are fair game. Unless you want to wait for them to attack us. BTW, I wouldn't worry about inflamming the arabs. Seems like they've been inflammed for quite some time now.
Here's a partial list of terrorist attacks for you to contemplate this hoilday season:


1968: July 23rd – Three members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack an El Al plane to Rome

November 22nd – Twelve people were killed at a bombing in the market in Jerusalem

1969-
February 18th An El Al aircraft in Zurich Switzerland was attacked, the copilot was killed

February 21st were killed and eight injured in a bomb blast in Jerusalem

August 29th A TWA 707 was hijacked by Palestinian terrorist to Damascus

September 29th – A TWA plane flying from Rome to Lodi Italy was hijacked to Damascus

November 27th- The El Al office in Athens was attacked. Innnocent bystanders were killed

1970-

February 10th. A bus carrying passengers to an a plane is attacked by Palestinian terrorist at the Munich airport

February 21st- A Swissair plane on a flight to Israel is blown up in mid air by Palestinian terrorists.


April 21st- A bomb explodes aboard a Philippines airliners. All 36 aboard are killed

May 22nd Eight Israeli schoolchildren are killed by Arab terrorist.


September 6th- An attempt is made to hijack four planes. The attempt to hijack an El Al plane fails, while three other succeed. The planes all end up in the Jordanian desert.


1972

January 26th A bomb explodes on a Yugoslav plane killing all but one passenger


May 30th- 24 people are killed at Lod airport by Japanese terrorist recruited by Palestininians


July 21st twenty two bombs go off in downtown Belfas killing 11 people

September 5th – Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team are killed by Black semtember an arm of the PLO led by Yasir Arafat at the Olympic games in Munich

1973-February 23rd- Israel shoots down a Libyan plane over the Sinai desert fearing it was a flying bomb

March 8th- Two IRA bombs explode in London killing one person and injuring 200

1973- August 5th Five people are killed when a Libyan terrorist group attacks a TWA plane

1974- September 8th Libyan terrorist plant a bomb on board a TWA plane flying from Athens to Rome, all 85 passengers are killed.

November 21st The IRA explodes a series of bombs in Birmingham England- 21 people are killed

1975- September 30th A Hungarian airplane explodes killing all 64 persons on board

1976- January 1st-Eighty-two people are killed aboard a Lebanese plane

June 24th- An Air France plane is hijacked to Uganda. Israeli later stages a daring rescue mission to free the hostages.


1978 –March 12th Thirty seven Israelis are killed on a bus by Palestinian terrorists.

1981- April 19th -Thirteen people were killed and 177 injured in a terrorist attack in Davao Philippines.

1982- August 6th- A kosher restaurant is attacked in Paris killing eight.

1983- April 18th Eighty-three people are killed at the US Embassy in Beirut.

Septermber 29th- A Gulf Air plane explodes killing all 166 people aboard.
October 29th- 241 US Marines are killed in a truck bombing in Beirut by the Islamic Jihad ( controled by Syria)

1984-September 20th- The US embassy in the Beirut is bombed- 15 are killed

1985 June 23rd 345 people are killed when Sikh terrorist explode a bomb aboard an Air India 747

October 7th- The Cruise ship the Achillo Laura was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists


1986- September 5th A Pan Am aircraft is hijacked by Palestinain terrorists. Twenty passengers are killed.

1988- Pan Am flight 103 is blown up over Lockerbie Scotland. All 259 passengers and crew are killed.

1992-
The Israeli embassy in Buenes Aires is bombed and 14 die

1993- February 26th- A bomb explodes in the basement of the World Trade Center in New York- Six die 1,000 are injured.


July 27th- Five are killed in a car bombing in Milan Italy

1995- March 20th 12 people are killed when nerve gas is released in a Tokyo subway.

1998- August 7th – The US embassies in mairobi Kenya and Dar es Salamm Tanzania are bombed.

2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole was heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. Seventeen sailors were killed in a deliberate terrorist attack. Osama bin Laden, or members of his al-Qaeda terrorist network suspected.
2001
Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed two commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; two more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9951: 2,752 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism.)
2003
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers killed 34, including eight Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.