"Al Qaeda doesn't "seek glory," they merely want to preserve their political sovereignty and their culture"
LOL that is good. So you think you know what is motivating these Islamic fanatics to indiscriminately slaughter innocent people. They are RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS!!! They are not motivated by the same logic that westerners take for granted. When Bin Laden was a child, his brothers and sisters thought he was a self righteous pious religious nut. Al Qaeda believes that society should adhere to strict Islamic teachings, and that the freedom of individual expression that western culture values is a threat to their austere visions of society. Just look at Afghanistan during the Taliban era to see what kind of society they want. Women had no rights whatsoever. They were not even allowed medical care in any way. Women ,whose only crime were likely accidentally showing their face in public, were routinely rounded up and marched to a soccer field to be shot in the head in front of cheering men. It was a nightmare regime. This brand of Islam uses fear and the threat of violent death to ensure that the average person adheres to THEIR strict view how people should live. Individual life has no value to these people. They are literally something straight out of the darkest period of human history.