[Barlowmaker]

and just nuke the Middle East and get on with the future. Why are we wasting time, money and our military lives to help these 4th century idiots?

You say "nuke the Middle East" and you call THEM 4th century idiots?

[Fledermaus]

Yes, I do! What part of that do you not understand?

Besides, there weren't any nuclear weapons in the 4th century so you already are a few points down on reality.

Who would miss them? I'd love to see that answer.

Actually, 4th century might not be the correct time frame since they once had viable and impressive societies. But I think that was in the 12th through late 19th century. As usual, we are having to clean up the empirical adventures of England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Japan after all these decades.

So why waste lives of our military? Again, exactly what is the drawback to just removing the Islamic fascist from the planet?