I think we should stop using the term "Bad Guys".

The term downplays the threat by conjuring up images of Bond Super Villains and easy-to-shoot black hats and Imperial Storm Troopers.

By adding a moral dimension, it also hints that Good Will Triumph and that God Will Smite the Evil doors.

Worse, the term tends to sidetrack practical discussions into debates about relative morallity. In a Post Modern intellectual world, there are no moral absolutes, and it's distasteful and hubristic to sit in judgement on other people and cultures, some of whom may only be guilty by association, or by proximity to the target area.

Instead, let's be honest and just say "enemies".

They're often idealistic and heroically self sacrificing, with genuine tales of woe, and a realistic understanding of the West's contribution to their plight. They're often intelligent educated people with experience of the wider world.

We'd rather debate with them over a beer. But since they want to kill us and destroy our civilisation, they are our enemies. That alone should be enough to concentrate our minds.