Mv>> The US "war on terror" has been an utter failure. It has given rise Mv>> to more terrorism instead of making this world a safer place. Mv>> Continuing that strategie would be madness.
WD> ... as many of us warned over 10 years ago when the madness was about WD> to start. There's no way a foreign power will be able to regulate WD> Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran ... we were laughed away then.
Ever hear of a guy now called "Alexander the Great"? He was a Greek who conquered (among other places) quite a big chunk of both Iraq and Iran, and was the only one so far to have conquered Afghanistan. There may have been some who laughed at him, too, but they didn't keep their heads for long.