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I'm not going to defend the actions of the mob that is rioting and killed our diplomats over a religious slight,.......but it is always curious to me that the spiritual beliefs of Americans have been so bashed by commercialism that we can't see what gets them so blood boiling mad over there, but when we think someone is about to take "our oil" then its "send the attack helicopters in for shock and awe"!!

Face it, the vast majority of Americans care nothing for religion and spirituality. Just cash and consumption. So of coarse we see the Middle East as a collective of religious fanatics.

I am old enough (and living in LA) during the Watt's riots and later with the Rodney King riots. You push the right button at the wrong time, and violence goes nuts. They tore up their own homes and neighborhoods in the process.

I guess my point is everyone has a button, and there always seems to be some%#%^%^$button pusher out there.