I agree that if all that were to happen, it would be a very bad thing. And it is within the realm of possibility that it could happen. It is also very much within the realm of possibility that nothing remotely like that happens. Suleyman kicked some serious butt in his time, but even he didn't bring the west to its knees.
"Imagine that countries such as Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kuwait, the Emirates, Yemen and Qatar are charter members."
I do not think it is remotely possible that Saudi Arabia and Iran would both be charter members of anything. Same goes for Iran and Pakistan. Prior to the invasion, the joinder of Iran and Iraq was also unthinkable, though now it is a definite possibility.
But my primary concern is that you have morphed a terrorist attack into a crusade against jihadists.
Personally jihadists don't even break into my Top Fifty List Of Worries. I don't live in their world, and they don't live in mine. We are oceans apart. Jihadists are a problem for the middle east, not for the United States.
The problem of the United States is anti-American terrorists. Even today most jihadists would not touch the U.S. with a ten foot pole.
I think what we should be doing is making sure that NONE of them are willing to touch us with a ten foot pole for fear of the consequences.
What they do in the middle east is their business, so long as they don't touch us. To me the middle east is nothing but a big gas station. |
