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>>>>After our first phase of the war on Islamofascism, it is now necessary to change Islamic culture by adding a dimension of consumerism to Islamic society.

I support the President's overall actions in the WOT following 9-11. Both in Afghanistan and Iraq. But I differ with the aftermath policy of those invasions. I don't support staying in Afghanistan or Iraq in an attempt to bring democracy to the ME. That is an effort in futility. We're in Afghanistan and Iraq to KILL terrorists and "jihadists". The US military needs to keep bases of operations in both Afgahnistan and Iraq. We need to keep open an avenue open for a first strike capability against terrorism at a moments notice.

I don't have faith in the Islamic world coming around and joining western civilization and our way of life. Most of the people in the ME don't care about the human race or mankind. At least half of all people in the ME hate the USA and what we stand for in the world today. The other half aren't that thrilled with us either. I think the US govt can have a good relationship with other govts in the ME. But Islamic jihad is a way of life for most people in the region. The Islamic religion comes first and foremost in then lives of the worlds 1.2 million Muslims. PERIOD! The Bush administration isn't going to change that in three years, or 300 years! The religion of peace is not much different today, then it was at the the time of Mohammad. Comparing the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to Germany, Italy and Japan after WWII is ridiculous.