It's not my job to straighen out Al Queda or the Taliban.
My job is to straighten me out by trying to live in accord with self-evident spirtual laws common to all faiths.
What you do about your misdeeds is up to you.
What John Howard does about his misdeeds is up to him.
What the Iraqis do about the Sunni-Shia civil war if up to the Iraqis.
Likewise what the Afghans do about the Taliban is up to the Afghans.
But bloodless rergime changes are possible. In the Philippines Cory Aquino and People Power overthrew the grossly corrupt right-wing Marcos regime.
In Poland, Solidarity overthrew a totalitarian left-wing dictatorship without bloodshed.
Australia has gained 95 % of the liberation America gained via a blood-soaked revolution against British rule by patient negotiaton over many years.
I'm rather proud of that.
I'm also proud that when Western Australia refused to join the Federation we did not send an 'Army of the Molonglo' across the Nullaror to teach the rebels to bow to Cenrtalised Power that caused a big Civil War like the US suffered.
Instead we sent an envoy bearing a very big gift!
If WA joined the federation, the Commonwealth (at its cost) would build a railway across the Nullabor as a tangible experssion of East-West unity.
A second WA referendum was held (during which the WA goverment supported a Yes vote) and the rest is history:
