"Glassed."
Your agenda is not unknown, but we cannot possibly accomplish it without declaring ourselves the mortal enemies of muslims everywhere. Very well; if we are truly to attempt a war of anihilation on a billion muslims (most of whom have no power at all to influence their rulers), for whom and what will we be fighting? I ask only for information.
As far as actually glassing ALL of the middle east that would be irrational anger speaking. However, we MUST make our response to this act of war so terrible that no one will even consider attacking the US.
As far as making enemies of a billion muslims, that is not the goal. The goal is to keep America safe from a WMD type attack. So long as those countries that are not eradicated believe that will WILL nuke at the slightest HINT of a WMD attack they will keep their populaces in line from doing so.
I have read the koran and their religion is simply NOT compatible with Western civilization, unless there is an Islamic reformation similar to the scale of the Protestant and Catholic reformation there will be global war, it's a question of when and not if.
Take out Medina or perhaps the Dome of the Rock (which was never mentioned in the koran) to show these people that we are SERIOUS about terrorism. They keep one holy city and we live in peace. If they continue, so be it.
The threat of major destruction, SHOULD cause responsible nations' leaders to clamp down, control, destroy the terrorists. If the nations' leaders cannot or will not do this, we have to do it.
Bush made it clear: There are only two sides. We can't cause these nations to suddenly become democratic. If they did, they would probably support continued terror. Democracy only works, in an "enlightened" place, with right values, cultures, institutions. These places have none of the above, so we must rely on ditators, to keep the evil masses under control. IMHO.
War is hell. We are in a war, not of our choosing. We must play the cards dealt.
It should be obvious to anyone not wearing rose colored glasses, that Islam is at least a MAJOR part of the problem. Among the majors who likely see it that way are most likely USA, Britain, France, Germany,Russia, China, Japan and India. If Islam cannot police itself, it may require a really BIG outside adjustment. The chessboard is set.