"Ju kill one a mine, I gonna kill two a yours!" -Scarface

Sounds like a gangwar.

Come to think of it - that more clearly describes the motivations of government than the wishful thinking in my 7th grade Civics textbook!

From the Al Qaeda training manual:

"The main mission for which the Military Organization is responsible is:

The overthrow of the godless regimes and their replacement with an Islamic regime. Other missions consist of the following:

1. Gathering information about the enemy, the land, the installations, and the neighbors.
2. Kidnaping enemy personnel, documents, secrets, and arms.
3. Assassinating enemy personnel as well as foreign tourists.
4. Freeing the brothers who are captured by the enemy.
5 .Spreading rumors and writing statements that instigate people against the enemy.
6. Blasting and destroying the places of amusement, immorality, and sin; not a vital target.
7. Blasting and destroying the embassies and attacking vital economic centers.
8 .Blasting and destroying bridges leading into and out of the cities.

Importance of the Military Organization:
1. Removal of those personalities that block the call's path. [A different  and writing:] All types of military and civilian intellectuals and thinkers for the state.
2 .Proper utilization of the individuals' unused capabilities.
3 .Precision in performing tasks, and using collective views on completing a job from all aspects, not just one.
4. Controlling the work and not fragmenting it or deviating from it.
5. Achieving long-term goals such as the establishment of an Islamic state and short term goals such as operations against enemy individuals and sectors.
6. Establishing the conditions for possible confrontation with the regressive regimes and their persistence.
7. Achieving discipline in secrecy and through tasks."

Yeah, it doesn't say anything about the Constitution after all...

I wonder how often they use #5, what with all of the legitimate reasons we give people in the Middle East to be pissed at us. We're working for Al Qaeda. *facepalm*