Dear Ray,
Thank you for your thoughtful post.
While I agree with most of your ideas, I think that the current War on Terror is just a partially "religious war".
In a more general sense it is "ideological struggle of the 21st century" and even more then that: it is battle of "Good and Evil".
Needless to stress that the letter could not be lost.
Otherwise, God forrbid, we will betray the Image and Likeness of the Creator we are created in.
http://www.americanideologicalsociety.com/ais/modules.php?n ame=News&file=article&sid=340