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Better to liberate these countries one at a time, turn them into allies, and husband resources for the next one.

We can do that with Syria -- it IS 10% Christian and the ruler is a new Assad AND a Secular ruler, not a Muslim fanatic. For Iran, the popular feeling is AGAINST the ayatollahs -- so we may yet see a free Iran -- of it's OWN ACCORD.

Saudi A is the source of all funding for all muslim terror groups and Pakistan is the training camp for the terrorists. IRq was a bypass -- destroy (NOT liberate) Pakistan and we have eliminated the training grounds and the source of weapons (including nuclear weapons) of the terrorists. Elimintate the Saud family and we eliminate the funding of terror groups. to Win the WOT we must hit Pakistan and Saudi A or we win nothing.

Well, you have touched on it. Each country is a different case. Iran has a very unpopular government and a (seemingly) pro-American populace. It seems like their nuclear facilities are about to be taken out by Israel soon which will complicate matters. However, the US should be conducting a large scale radio/TV propaganda campaign against the mullahs. Ditto Syria.

The Saudi regime seems very, very brittle. AQ seems to believe so. The US must be ready, in this case to secure the oil fields and facilities if things go badly for the regime. Maybe Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf states could contribute some police and garrison troops if and when the house of Saud collapses.

Pakistan is another case entirely. AQ leadership is enjoying its last redout in their "frontier" region. It has a huge population that cannot really be "controlled" by anyone. Certainly the US does not want to get involved in occupying Pakistan, but AQ must be dealt with and they are hiding in country. The answer here might be to back Musharak for a while, as long as he co-operates in apprehending AQ leaders and operatives. How much co-operation is forthcoming right now is open for debate.