Darren Kaplan ...

... gets a strong vote of recommendation today also -- check this out:

I think the only answer is an unwillingness to realize that the international order is threatened by the terrorists themselves rather than the Bush Administration’s war on the terrorists. When Bush challenged to world to pick a side in that war with his “you are either with us or with the terrorists” statement, much of the world resisted and determined to find a neutral position. Resisting U.S. “hyperpower” was more important than picking a side in the fight between terror and civilization. The problem for the international community is that the terrorists are in agreement with President Bush--you are either with us or with the terrorists and the terrorists have determined that the rest of the world is not with them. That makes the rest of the world and all its neutral institutions fair game for the terrorists. As so often happens in life, when you refuse to take a side, one ends up being chosen for you.

That it took this long for the Red Cross to realize that they could become a target strongly suggests that the NGOs have failed to understand the fundamental nature of the threat. This is a war by the forces of ignorance and hate against the enlightened and merciful. It is surprising that it took the Iraqi insurgents this long to attack the Red Cross. Red Cross workers have been prime targets for the Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan for some time. [Emphasis added.]

Uhhh -- it is a cross and not a crescent moon...