Islam

Islamic fundamentalism is a problem that knows no borders. It does not have a central base of operations, it does not recognize national borders.

You can't invade every country in the middle east that allows such fundamentalists to operate within their borders.

You CAN, however, play "king of the hill", invade one of those countries and let them come to you!

Rumsfeld said it right from the get go... "We're going to drain the swamp." Think of the middle east as a bath tub, with iraq at the "deep" end. We pulled the plug and everything came rushing our way

Never thought of it that way, clever. Of course we cannot discuss Islam without mentioning the conflict between Palestine and Israel, which inevitably leads us to the conclusion of JEWS