Mixed feelings

I am beginning to hear familiar refrains in the aftermath of the London bomb attacks. On BBC, a Muslim reporter (or was he an essayist) defended British Muslims. He said they had nothing to apologize for and instead British foreign policy in Afghanistan and Iraq was to blame for the bomb attacks. I am sure a vast majority of Muslims all over the world do not condone these shameless acts of violence. But everytime something like this happens, some of us are back making excuses for these thugs. That just doesn't sit well with me.

I supported the war in Iraq. When Colin Powell went before the U.N. and laid out the evidence back in Feb 2003, I believed him. Alas our intelligence was beyond bad. Did we do these spineless worms a favor by invading Iraq? Did it give birth to a whole new generation of terrorists? We have to fight them and win. But was invading Iraq the wrong way of going about this business? I have mixed feelings now.