[roses of sharon]

Oh please, no modern day Pres was going to make the ME glass after 9/11, and kill hundreds of thousands of Muslims who worship Allah, and declare a Holy war.

But it may still happen, if their moderates cannot find a way to defeat the Islamic Cults, with our help, and create a civilized ME. This is just the beginning.

Which is why our next Pres had better be a ruthless SOB.

[DTogo]

Which is why our next Pres had better be a ruthless SOB.

AMEN!

[Earthdweller]

"Oh please, no modern day Pres was going to make the ME glass after 9/11, and kill hundreds of thousands of Muslims who worship Allah, and declare a Holy war."

Fun fact. They makeup close to 1/4 of the entire world population and they are not just in the ME.

[Alberta's Child]

Those are certainly valid points.

But what's even more telling is that the "it may still happen" scenario you presented would be the result of this administration's idiotic decision in the aftermath of 9/11 to topple one of the most secular, moderate governments in the Middle East at the time (the Ba'athist government in Iraq).

Some of us are still wondering why there was such a compelling need to invade Iraq -- while at the same time radical Islamic governments such as those in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, etc. were left unscathed (particularly in light of the fact that something like 16 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals). If that makes me a "troll" here on FreeRepublic, then so be it.