but it's also part of the Jihad. You may notice they don't attack Saudi or similarly-flagged vessels. If the Arab/Israeli conflicts were an isolated case, it could be put down to the "official" explanation that the "Palestinian issue" was at the heart of the problem. But that in no way explains the Indian Subcontinent, the Indian Ocean, or anything else of the sort. (Google "East Timor terrorism", and note that the actions of those Muslim terrorists are mainly carried out in the Netherlands- a long way from East Timor. Also look up "Moro terrorism Philippines", and note that the Moros- yes, Muslims- have been at war with anyone who crosses their path since before the Spaniards came to the region. The fact that we have "advisors" there assisting the Philippine Army and police is an eerie echo of, not Vietnam, but the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898.) The reasons for all this are as stated above; 1. Muslim governments consider terrorism against everyone else a useful "safety valve" for their own peoples' resentment of those governments lording it over them; and 2. Islam, by definition, is an aggressive culture based on the principle of attacking, subjugating, and destroying everything outside of itself. Until the "elites'" of the West (especially their political and "intellectual" elements) admit these basic facts, and deal with them realistically, Islam's war against the rest of the world will never end. Because their willful blindness is one of the major factors that allow the Muslim