USMC850T

As we all know, history tends to repeat itself.

Back to the topic, I'm willing to bet that when Iran becomes a serious problem, Israel will spank the living stuff out of them. By looking at recent middle eastern history you can see that it is in fact Israel, not the United States, who has defined pre-emption. On a side note, I'm pretty sure we (I mean the US whenever I say that by the way) have already been poking with Iran. Several months ago there were reports of several random explosions around sites where Iran had been working on reactors and nuclear science. I am quite certain that these explosions were far from random... :-> When it does come time for Israel to make a move, I wouldn't be suprised to see some coordination between US and Israeli forces in an attack, such as tanker support or even F-22s as air cover for an Israeli strike package.

With freedom of speech comes responsibiliy. Also I'd say the Muslims who were offended lack quite a bit of control. Maybe you can chalk it up to cultural or societal differences, but still the response was not merited. If a paper printed cartoons critical of italians, the welch, or Americans, I'm not going to take to the streets and riot, or burn the offending nations embassy to the ground. Perhaps that speaks to the differences in our cultures. Personally I find it 100% unnacceptable to hide behind religion in defense of the kind of conduct we've seen from factions of the Muslim world lately.

Amen.