Mischaracterising my position won't advance our discussion. I'm no supporter of appeasement, so long as our policies don't provoke and encourage bad behavior. Furthermore, there's never been a question of what Islamic extremists ambitions are, at least for me there's not. I readily accept that they would love to see their caliphate and the imposition of sharia globally I suppose and not just in their region. Listen carefully as I articulate for the umpteenth time my concerns. Before the invasion of A-Stan, and the removal of strong figures such as Hussein, Mubarak, Gaddafi and Assad, these extremists kept a very low profile and had no way of ever even hoping to realise those ambitions. Neither of those aforementioned leaders gave any quarters to them. They dwelt in the shadows where it was difficult to galvanise, organise and do that much, with only limited successes. That's all gone now, and in the power vacuums left in the wake, they are operational in the light of day. And the state of affairs in the Middle East, have never been worse in my lifetime. I understand that your not going to accept responsibility for this, but it doesn't change the fact that USFP for decades now has been a failure in the ME. Hopefully someone who thinks like Ron Paul (on FP, before you jump me on that) will win the reigns to the WH some day.
