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The thing that fuels the hate people have for us, which is quite a lot of people and not just Muslims, is the way we roll into countries and start calling the shots, in addition to the rest of our foreign policy...this makes people want to hurt us more than any religion does. If there were as many evil radical Muslims as you think there is, and if the entire Middle East is just plain evil, then why are we so successful in fighting them? Why do quite a few of Middle Eastern countries let us establish military bases?

There's just no need to lump all the good people into the same group as the bad...you start doing that, and you're on their level. We are better than that. You have to know your enemy to beat them, and assuming they are all bad screws us. Like I said, once you start grouping them all together, you're doing the same thing that they do. It's just a waste of time.

It's easy to talk about bombing Iran's nuclear facilities, but it's another thing to pull it off. How do we get into their airspace and get back out without losing aircraft? Will our bombs even be strong enough to get the job done? What will their retaliation be? If we hit them, will they hit us back in Afghanistan? If they did decide to do that, they could hit some huge bases and rack up a lot of casualties before we could get our aircraft up and going. The questions go on and on. Once we get involved, there is no getting out. There is so much at stake here, it's worth the time that the Israelis and our government has given it. Especially since the Straight of Hormuz is one of the most important areas on Earth to us. Iran is dangerous...and I am worried what they can do when and if they're backed into a corner.

I just hope Israel takes the lead, like they should. They are the people who are in the most danger when it comes to a nuclear Iran, therefore I think they should take care of it on their own as much as they possibly can. I think the power of Israel's military is really, really underestimated by most...and that's just how they like it. I really think they would be able to pull an air operation off with not much help needed from us...we'd be pretty useful when it comes to intel and our naval forces, but other than that, I don't see us needing to help them out that much. I just wish if they were going to do it, they'd get it done already. The close they get to getting the bomb, with the knowledge that we or Israel could hit at any time, the harder it gets for us to pull it off successfully and it gives them more time to prepare. Hopefully, the ordnance we or Israel uses can get the job done without having to put in troops.