Reply #18: Here's an idea: pull the Crusaders out of the Middle East. Israel doesn't need our ground

[bertman]

troops to defend itself.

Time after time we hear these jihadists referring to our occupation of their holy lands. Hell, I'm a non-believer and it pisses me off that the Christians are still trying to conquer the "Holy Lands".

I'm not a world traveler so I can't vouch for this, but let me say second-hand that my friends who travel all over the world tell me that even Iranians and iraqis and Afghanis love Americans. They just hate our war-mongering on their soil.

Here's another idea: Put the squeeze on Israel to do something constructive with the Palestinians. That's another festering sore that pisses off the religious nuts. There are moderates on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who could make progress if the U.S. would exert some pressure.

Sorry, but that's all I have for now. Tired brain.