[roses of sharon]

The lack of a "preoccupation" with Islamic cult issues are exactly why 9/11 occurred.

And thankfully we had those that were "preoccupied" with the fall of communism, who's visions were mocked in the same fashion, as a "fantasy" and an "adventure", as I recall.

The US can and will be engaged in more than one issue at a time, and I suspect the EU is satisfied with its Islamic proxy war against US power, for now.

Time will tell, if Europe will join in our concerns of a nuclear ME.

[Ohioan]

Time will tell, if Europe will join in our concerns of a nuclear ME.

Europe has more realistic concerns on that subject than we do. The area is in her back yard. We should be more focused on the present nuclear North Korea, a nation we were at war with in the 50s, and one that has never abandoned its hostility.

There are six nuclear powers, far, far closer to the Near and Middle Easts than are we. They do not need our presence to protect their interests. And our youth are not the playthings of theorists, in the grip of delusions of grandeur or messianic fantasies.

But let me get more specific, without using more bandwith: Iraq--2005.

William Flax