jimbob

Not quite - you're affirming the consequent. He said men who's masculinity is challenged are more likely to support the Iraq war, which is surely only an insult to men who support that war and are insecure about their sexuality. (Now that is a veiled insult ;-)) However, I don't get why Host posted that - it doesn't seem relevant. And let's not mix up the Iraq war with the war on terror.

Actually I'm not too sure about the relevance of the thread as a whole. Are you suggesting that there are people who don't think terrorism exists, or do you simply think some people don't see it as a threat? A story about a group of alleged terrorists who were prevented from committing an act of terrorism indicates that there is a threat, but it is contained, so there's less of a need to worry. Let's be honest, worrying gets us nowhere. The lesson from this story is "stop worrying but stay vigilant".

By the way, Canada sent troops to Afghanistan so you can't use this story to determine that extremists don't take politics into account. I don't recall any al-Qaida related activities in Spain since the change of government though.