[Eric in the Ozarks]

The US has done more of this in more countries than you will ever know.

[Reedbird]

Yes, we have. In large parts of the Middle East, however, the US is only associated with bad things. Sometimes people in the region do the opposite of what their government does. In many cases, people there hate us because we support dictators and despots who repress them. In some places where the repressive, despotic government hates us, the people like us. We would do well to learn more about the subtleties of the region and use knowledge to fight terror as well as force.