Kurtz says no. Some quotes from Feb/Mar 2007 Free Inquiry article: "How can we remain mute while Islan and the West are poised for a possible protracted world conflagration in the Name of God?".
"...we have always maintained that it is possible for an individual to lead a good life and be morally concerned about outhers without belief in God". "To label us "evangelical athiests" without recognizing our affirmative commitment to secular humanist morality is an egregious error". "The best antidote for such devastating nonsense [bloodshed in the name of jihad] in my judgment, is the cultivation of critical thinking and the administration of a dose of scientific skepticism to unmask the claims of faith". "We submit that the plausible motive for the preemptive strike against Iraq was to secure a bse in order toprotect the future export of oil and gas deposits in the region. The claim that we wished to establish democracy and human rights in Iraq (a noble, if perhaps impractical, goal) might be viewed as a rationalization after the fact". "On the basis of these tragic casualties [i.e. the war in Iraq], a good case can be made that the "gang of four" (Bushy, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice) have made enormous blunders and that President Bush may have committed impeachable offenses".
