[Jaysun]

Right. And this kind of nation-building sh!t is reminiscent of the delusional utopianism of the Woodrow Wilson administration 90 years ago.

No it isn't. There's no comparison. And there is no other viable way to defeat the scourge of islam. If we didn't have to also fight people like yourself while also trying to fight the muslims we'd have a lot better go at it.

[Alberta's Child]

And there is no other viable way to defeat the scourge of islam. If we didn't have to also fight people like yourself while also trying to fight the muslims we'd have a lot better go at it.

Hey, don't look at me and pretend that I'm an impediment to anyone's plan to "defeat the scourge of Islam" . . . I'm just a knucklehead who posts on FreeRepublic.

Anyone who is still delusional enough to believe that the U.S. has ever had any intention of "defeating the scourge of Islam" obviously missed the president's remarks a few years ago about that marvelous religion of peace.

And anyone who is still delusional enough to believe that the U.S. has ever had any intention of "fighting for freedom in the Middle East" has obviously forgotten that the first military campaign between the U.S. and Iraq (one of the most overtly secular Islamic countries in the Middle East, BTW) began when the U.S. put hundreds of thousands of troops in harm's way to keep one royal family on a throne and restore another one.