No, No, No. It's Not You--It's Me. Really

So the 9-11 plot was supposed to include Australian, British, and Indian targets.

Isn't it amazing how Iraq caused jihadi nutballs to murder us? I mean, that's what the anti-war Left says. Leave Iraq and they'll love us. And now we know three other countries may have been targets. Surely the reality-based community will be able to fit in new epicycles to explain this little perturbation of their predicted paths.

Or maybe--just maybe--it really is their problem and not ours. Maybe we didn't do anything in particular to "cause" their wrath. Sure, some action will be the trigger and they will cite it, but it is not a "cause" we should dignify by accepting. Just because a rapist sees a woman dressed seductively, thus triggering an attack, does not mean the victim "caused" the attack. Islamists and their apologists shouldn't be allowed to get away with the "you made me hit you" defense.

Iraq. Kashmir. Palestinians. East Timor. Britney Spear's navel. Whatever.