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I hope this isn't going to turn into another debate over Anglo-American policy in the Middle East. I have a very simplistic view on this. The aim of fundamentalist Islam is the complete eradication of the State of Israel, not a peaceful co-existence, complete annihilation of the country and all its people. This extends to all infidels. Extreme maybe, but inexorable. The USA happens to be the strongest military force in the world by a huge margin, and if it chooses to use that might to defer the fateful times, then I'm all for it, WOMD or no WOMD, oil or no oil, fabricated excuse or none.