"The frightening reality of the Middle East and terrorism now is this: These murderous young men and their masters are not motivated by politics or even the religion they hide behind. They want nothing that any politician or god can give them. They got exactly what they wanted on Sept. 11, and they are getting exactly what they want right now: a body count. It doesn't matter to them whether the bodies include fellow Arabs or Muslims, or whether the carnage produces political gains for Palestinians."