The US, through the media, is in the same kind of denial, seeking to negotiate with enemies, rather then destroy them. The word I hate the most is "Diplomacy", because its only true definition is "a dammed waste of time". Eventually, we are going to have to shed American blood to kick some ass in the name of peace. That is the only way we ever got it, and the only dammed way we are going to keep it. It IS WWIII, it just hasn't reached our shores yet in a way that will force most of us off of our complacency. (or our X-boxes)
Being a Brit I think I had better keep out of that one :o)
According to a screeching Jane Harman on Face the Nation, this is all Bush's fault in Israel/Lebanon....because of Bush's policy...and since BUSH didn't go into Lebanon and clean out the Hezbollah..
After Lebanon agreed to get rid of them.
So, according to her...if a country agrees to do something..and doesn't..it is BUSH's (Americas) responsiblity to unilaterally go in and do if FOR them!!!
Her screed was so WRONG..and she is on the House Intelligence Committee...
Oh...and she got her copy of the DNC talking points..saying that the Middle East would be paradise right now if Bush hadn't gone into Iraq.
I think there are a large number of 9-11-01 survivors who are going to be awfully surprised to learn the War has not reached our shores yet. I also am pretty sure that a rather large number of US Military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, and various other places in the world, are going to be very very surprised to learn they are not at war yet.