MORE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES WE MUST UNDERSTAND - AT 9:37 P.M. ET: 

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The self-professed mastermind and four other men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks declared they are ''terrorists to the bone'' in a statement that mocked the U.S. failure to prevent the killings and predicted America will fall like ''the towers on the blessed 9/11 day.''

COMMENT:  But who are we to question their dedication to their sacred causes?  They have grievances, serious grievances.  We feel for them.

March 10, 2009