Captain, look at it this way my friend...
Think of America as trying to win the peace in the Arab world so that WE won't get attacked by them again.
Don't think of it as "tax dollars being spent on muslims."
And I would also add that democracy and freedom are the greatest hopes for this world. We must try to spread these ideals, because if we do not, then we will see the evils of communism, fasicism, and terror reach our shores again. And that is something that I do not plan to see happen!
i understand this is the goal and id love for it to work as much as anyone else here. however, i am not confident it will work. i think destroying the enemy is a less risky proposition than building up the enemy in the hopes freedom and democracy will give them a more sunny disposition and not want to cut our heads off anymore.
as the people attacking me like to point out, we spent a lot of money and lost lives on europe as if thats a justification. well great, we helped europe become the liberal socialist elitist snobs that they are and now they consider america the biggest threat to the world. im so happy we helped build them up to thriving elitist nations that hate us and are trying to unite against us economically and militarily. brilliant. build up your enemies so they can take you on later.