[Mark Felton]

"if the target is not someplace else altogether"

The correct target would be Iran. They are a major sponsor of militant Islam, and have been building the most powerful military in the region. Furthermore, great rifts have developed over the past year within their society and ruling class. Large anti-government protests have begun, and Iran has officially complained about US covert activity in their country recently.

Iran first, then Iraq. After that the House of Saud will be kissing our rear ends to be allowed to stay in power.

US colonial rule of Iran and Iraq would be the single greatest advancement of world civilization in 100 years. (Germany and Japan were more civilized when we took military control in the 1940's)

[thisiskubrick]

Umm.. hate to say it but they were both western colonies not long ago. Iraq was a country invented by the British (cobbled together from the Kurds and a couple of other tribes), and Iran was basically our colony, up to the 1970's, until the Iranian revolution. (Remember the Shah of Iran, etc.?)

After the Iranian revolution we funded Saddam Hussein with weapons to beat back the Iranians. Surprise, he took our money, and after the Iran/Iraq war he decided on other adventures with our military hardware...

[Paul Ross]

We also need to regime-change Syria Big Time. Assad has been fomenting the terrorism of not just Hamas in Lebanon, but Islamic Jihad, and now Al Quaeda refugees.