agree yak, every conflict since WW2 has been fought with one arm tied behind the West's back. You can't be half engaged in a war - it's all or nothing. The Middle East problems could be settled in a short time if the brakes were taken off and the Roman solution applied - after all if those on the other side were in the dominant position, do you think they'd be going in as softly as the West is forced to by pussy sentimentalists. They want a holy war - then give them one they'll never forget. It will never happen though, and consequently the whole shemozzle will drag on for years and years.
