..relatives on both sides of the war who have died fighting eachother. Like the Civil War, it gives a unique perspective to the conflict.

Why do you think I rail on and on about hate? Hate causes most wars, hate spurs killing. Hate drives the Muslim fanatics.

Hate flamed almost singlehandedly by one man, Adolph Hitler, cost me me 3 great uncles on the German side and one great uncle on the US side.

Each died for a cause, I must assume they believed in to varying degrees. I'll never know for sure if any of them believed in it at all.

But I know how Hitler came into power. How injustice in the treaties signed after WWI kept Germany near bankruptcy for almost two decades and paying exorbitant reparations costs. Hitler capitalized on that and it elevated him into power.

Resentment breeds hatred. Hatred flamed and given a justification is hatred that cannot be easily handled. Every person justifies their hate. Hitler justified his. Do you really think he believed for one moment he was in the wrong for waging war against Poland or other nations who received land or money from Germany after the armistice?

No, he felt fully justified. Justified hate breeds the worst violence.

I've been exposed to the US angle, and it would be easy to go to war viewing Hitler as some deranged megalomaniac who, bent upon world domination, lashed out against his neighbors. The reality is, Hitler was a deranged megalomaniac who felt he was lashing back against perceived injustices done unto Germany. It's a subtle difference - but an important one. For you see, he felt he had justification.

When you hear both sides of the coin, you see how ignorant hatred is and how important justice is. Had the allies, after WWI, not laid such ridiculous reparations on Germany, Hitler would never have come to power. He would have spent his life painting pictures or whatever.

It is the perceived injustice and religious fanticism that flames Muslim hatred against the US.

9/11 was just another act of "justified hate".

Remembering the victims, without understanding the hate factor is simply one-sided propaganda, and can be used to fuel retaliatory hatred.

The balanced view sees the ignorance and feels compassion for those so encased in it. It feels compassion for those who lost their lives victimized by this hate. It tries to address the imbalance intelligently. It realizes the true enemy is hatred.

All folks aren't on the same page. It requires perspective to see both sides of any conflict. If we wish to win the war on terror, it will not be won by force of arms alone. Instead, it will be strength coupled with infinite justice and the reform of ideas from within to dismantle the hate machine.