[rjsimmon]

First thing they will have to do is move the al Aqsa mosque. I do not believe that will go well...

[Buckeye McFrog]

First thing they will have to do is move the al Aqsa mosque.

My end game on that involves an overly-confident Muslim attack on the ChiComs, followed by the nuking of Mecca and the destruction of that mosque with conventionally armed cruise missiles. Clearing the site for the Temple.

[cloudmountain]

First thing they will have to do is move the al Aqsa mosque. I do not believe that will go well...

If there were EVER to be a cause for war THAT would be it.

It's Islam's third holiest site. The Muslims aren't poor and helpless anymore.

The Bedu were some of God's POOREST people on the planet for millenia but now, with all the petroleum and natural gas (200 more years) on the planet (figuratively) AND with the West as their biggest buyer, the middle east Muslims are rich as Croesus.
THUS, the West pays attention to them.

Ironic isn't He?