Thanks for the really intelligent reply.
ML/NJ
What the heck did you expect? What-if scenarios are not even debatable. You didn't pose a "what-if" anyway. You clumsily attempted to couch a personal opinion as a "what-if". History is rife with former allies ending up as foes. We welcomed the Soviets in ww2 and we even helped arm them. We destroyed both Japan and Germany and then re-built them. We have fought 2 wars against Great Britain and many more as their ally. There is no such thing as "friendship" between nations. There is only a convergance of national interests from time to time. 911 was only the canary in the coal mine. It was the first tangible warning that the poison we have been trying to contain with sanctions and diplomacy is no longer containable without force.