[rjp2005]

Because the government is Western, supports Israel and is a leading member of the free world.

[CedarDave]

Because the government is Western, supports Israel and is a leading member of the free world.

And their deaths would be considered martyrdom and therefore acceptable to the Islamic population (so the Jihadists believe)>

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

..and more geographically accessible to Muslim terrorists than the U.S.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Islam is a religion that has a billion psychos and another 1.5 billion head-in-the-sand types. A few million martyrs going up in the atomic fireball means nothing to them.

The official U.S. Govt. position on this should be: If a nuclear, chemical, or biological attack happens to an allied country or interest, then Mecca, Medina, and the capital city of every islamic country takes a hydrogen bomb. And that's merely step #1. Then see who wants to play.