Dumb. Where's our intelligence about these people in the middle east? Dealing effectively with them takes as much brains as brawn. Maybe it will dawn on our intelligence that the whole Arab world is unstable, splintered with tribal factions going back thousands of years, fighting constantly against themselves and others. Your friend today could be your enemy tomorrow. It is dawning on the west that Islam underlies the whole world over there.
The U.S. would be well advised to keep to her own best interests in foreign affairs especially in the Islamic world. Leave 'em alone except those who have attacked us or imminently threaten to attack us or our interests. Use covert intelligence and "smart" tools in dealing with potentially threatening nations. I do believe in this day and age, we should have good, sharp intelligence everywhere around the world to guard and protect U.S. interests.
What about when one nation wrongfully invades another sovereign, free nation? Well, first of all, if we are doing what we should be doing on the intelligence front, we should know of such plans long before it happens. As long as we are the leading power in the free world, I believe it is our best interests to deal intelligently, justly, and decisively with nations that threaten the free sovereignty of other, weaker nations who are our friends.
The Islamic thing is different with other nations that voluntarily allow their infiltration. But I think we should help weaker nations who can't stop infiltration or invasion by militant Islamic groups like ISIS. IMO, we shouldn't have invaded Iraq in the first place but once we did were definitely responsible for the results.
Keep in mind that Obama is bringing in refugees from Syria into the US. I wonder if they’re as well-vetted as the troops he’s training, financing, and arming are.