iwasyoungonce,
not all arabic/islamic countries are/were ruled by islamic fanatics. the situation gets worse however due to war, corruption and poverty. right now the situation is quite bad in most places...however egypt and tunisia for instance allowe free religion.
just to straighten this out...i have NO sympathy for islam whatsoever (like for any other fundamentalist religion)...its a primitiv and cruel religion. but that doesn't change anything about the above discussion.
englishman,
yes sorry...it was chamberlain.
2 years all by itself? hmmmm not quite...it was US support that kept britain going.
Yeru,
the islamic fundamentalists hate the US and western culture...i never questioned that. but without US involvment in the region they wouldn't go to NY and washington and bomb something. we have to face it...it were the europeans/americans that started the whole thing ...not the arabs.
israel is a chapter for itself...israel lives solely because of the strong jewish lobby in the USA.
iran? i don't think they ever wanted anyting from the US (since the islamists took over)
about the US going there because they were invited...yes they were invited by corrupt governments that deserved no protection...the US went in these coutries to protect their interests...keep the oil flowing baby!