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However, if we discover that Iraq and/or Iran was involved in this, then those states will need to be dealt with harshly.

I don't have problem with that. But the neocons have already come up with a list of countries that need to be "taken care of". And it seems the scope of retaliation they have in mind is more like a war against islam, rather than retaliation.

Who knows. What bothers me is that some people are more interested in carrying on with a pointless taxonomy of conservatism than in pursuing the right policies.

Personally, I think that the future is uncertain. This may remain a limited operation against terrorist networks. On the other hand it may also turn into a global war against Islam. We have a limited ability to control that.

I applaud the administration's efforts to contain the conflict so far, and I hope they are successful. However, if "Islam," by which I suppose I mean the great masses of practioners throughout the M.E., decides that it wants war, however, we will not be able to prevent it.