If Squib is being truthful as to his military experience, and I actually have no reason to doubt him, I believe he has more of a grasp on WAR than most of us, as he has actually been in one. I will not denigrate his service as beerbelly has, but instead urge him to consider the source. It is his live and let live that I see as cloudy in some ways, but at the same time, I will acknowledge that until we actively started MEDDLING in middle eastern affairs we were free to travel most anywhere over there. It is when we started IMPOSING our ideology on the Muslim we began to have trouble with them.
Saying that, I am, and cannot ever be sure, given the circumstances already transpired, be sure whether we would or would not have ever had trouble with them. So in that light, I see his point, and he has earned the right to feel the way he feels. Just because one or more of us feels he is wrong doesn't necessarily mean the majority is right. The majority in Germany followed Hitler, and we know how that went.
My concern for Squib is more along the lines of spiritual faith, and I know he will not appreciate this remark, but that is where my concern is. My idea of the Muslim is that it is a dangerous religion given their doctrine, and those in the States need to be watched. Those in the middle east need to be warned of dire consequences, should they mess with us, and then perhaps left alone to shoot each other, which they most certainly will if left alone.