"IF we are going to launch a nationalistic, parnoid war against our enemies in the ME, why not go after Saudi Arabia as well as Iraq?  Saudi Arabia was the source of the vast majority of the terrorists and funding in the attack on the US (and is most likely to be in the future).  In fact, while we are there, why don't we keep control of the oil fields, and gain oil independence while we pump them dry.  I bet it could be done with a couple of hundred thousand troops (and some applied high tech -- armed drones on the ground and in the air as well as ), and it would be a massive money maker for the US (and benefit the world via $10 oil).  It would also dry up any funding sources for terrorism (and benefit Israel as a result).  Hey, if we want to be truly paranoid and nationalistic, let's not stop at half measures, let's go for the whole shebang!" [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
come on america!
this is just plain silly, you guys need to stop hitting people that have different beliefs with a stick. there is a reason people in the middle east are opposing america (and thereby other western countries, like mine!), america is always involved in some conflict, warfare or bombing in the area, if nothing else then the ever returning israeli/palestinian conflict. most of the middle eastern countries are controlled by very few people, they need a enemy-picture to keep the people from demanding democracy, and other basic human rights. america is more than eager to fill that picture, perhaps so that america can have their enemy, and keep their current kind of government and (lack of) democracy. make peace in israel (all you have to do is nothing), and focus on national problems in the next few years, until your image improves around the world.