I know. That has nothing to do with the effectiveness of our war in Iraq, where we killed a lot of Saudi extremists. We also had been in a state of unresolved war with Iraq for years. I spent much of the 90s flying over Iraq, and was shot at many times.
Killing extremists in the ME beats waiting for the cops to try to deal with them one by one in the USA.
The jury is still out as to whether or not life for people in Iraq will be any better than before.....I doubt the Christians there are much better off.
I still say Iran was the big winner in the end.