[inquest]

Under your logic, as there are people in every nation whom "are no more guilty of their government's policies then the jumpers were of their government's policies," we shouldn't bomb any nation that attacks us (or harbors a terrorist group that attacks us)?

Not indiscriminately. I agree there are certain things we have to do. Nuking isn't one of them - and certainly not nuking the entire region. That's nothing but a feel-good option that would be completely bereft of any sort of moral principle. Sorry if I'm delving into abstract concepts here, but such things mean something to me and to plenty of other Americans too.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I must admit that my "nuke" comment was more an expression of frustration than a serious foreign policy suggestion. However, I think you are being overly generous in spirit to the "civilian" population of these countries and whether they share their leaders' views. There has been plenty of coverage over the years of how the rank and file are taught, through religion and otherwise, to hate America with a passion.