His whole point was about intent! You're the one who doesn't see: The intent on both sides is to tear down a system that has values different from theirs. The fact that Bush had an army and Bin Laden didn't doesn't change that.

If you start talking about intent like this what your really saying is I share the values of one side and hence find their actions more justifiable. And I obviously even after with you about the west fighting for the better value system, but I would also prefer it would win on its own merit and not because it was forced on countries like Iraq.