Self-defeating force?

Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews 12: 14-15

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:18

From Newsweek, "Five years after 9/11, are we any safer?"

Their radical mullahs have taken advantage of what was arguably the Bush administration's most egregious overreaction to 9/11—the invasion of Iraq—by painting the United States as a vicious oppressor and murderer of Muslims. They believe that time is on their side. No matter how often their enemies capture a "high-value target"—a top Qaeda leader—a new one seems to emerge as the shadowy terror network metastasizes...

Bush has made a personal mission of bringing democracy to the tortured Middle East, and his policies may one day succeed. But America's sometimes heavy-handed attempt to stomp out the terrorists with military force has reaped a whirlwind of anti-American hatred in the Middle East and turned Iraq into a terrorist training ground.