Islam, a growing threat to the free world?

[Existentialist]

While it is true that the US invaded illegally and Bush and his cronies should be prosecuted for war crimes, the violence unleashed has primarily been Sunni vs. Shia. There's a long standing hatred between these two groups, a hatred kept in check only by the brutality of Saddam.

Or are you going to suggest that all the violence has been perpetrated by undercover CIA agents?

There wasn't long standing hatred between Sunni and Shia pre-US invasion. The two groups would intermingle in Baghdad, marry, and not particularly live in separate neighbourhoods and with no help from Saddam Hussein. The sectarian conflict is the result of occupation. The subjugation of any country by an invading state inevitably involves massive disruption, and the resources available for everyday living plummet. Conflict is inevitable in such circumstances. You don't need the CIA. The idea that Iraq can be held up as an example of islamic terrorism is insulting to everybody's intelligence here. It beggars belief that people are still coming out with this garbage.