See, this is what got the snot beat out of France in WWII. They thought they could talk Hitler out of attacking them. So did many other countries. Really, America thought it could just hide from it too, until Japan hit us.

The fact is that Muslim extremist have said openly that they are going to take over the world, and kill anyone that doesn't convert. They are growing their populations in Europe, China, as well as violently trying to take over countries in Africa. Not by attacking governments or military outposts, but by killing civilians.

So, now we are where we were at the beginning of WWII. A threat has emerged on the world front, and as usual everyone else is the problem except the people that go around killing other people because they won't convert to Islam. So, while the rest of the world tries to reason with the very people that are trying to take over their countries, we are defeating our enemies, again.

Just as a side note, I believe that Australia and other countries have troops that are actively helping in Iraq, I am not forgetting British troops, I am just taking note because of the remark that somehow I am saying that America did it alone in WWII. It is my understanding that it was American and British forces that were the ones pushing the Germans back in their hole (for lack of a better way to say it) as well as smaller amounts of troops from Canada and Australia. My point is this. we contributed a great deal to winning WWII, and it amazes so many people here as to why many countries that were involved in WWII have the same problem seeing the threat, the same way they didn't see the threat before WWII. The only real difference between now and then is that we are now dealing with an enemy that has no real country to identify them with. They transcend boundaries across the globe. The only way to identify them is to track the propaganda and dead bodies.

BTW, I should qualify my statement about Iraq lasting longer than WWII. It is more accurate to say it has lasted longer than the U.S.A.'s involvement in WWII. WWII actually was going on long before we got involved. Talking about America sticking its collective head in the sand. I'm not sure we learned our lesson on that, though. We are pushing ahead of the rest of the world, more less, but we should have been taking real action back in the 80s and 90s. America seems to be saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death." The rest of the world seems to be saying, "Maybe, if we just leave them alone they will go away." I am, of course, generalizing.

As another side note, I know a little bit about WWII. My Grandpa served in WWII and he taught me quite a bit about it. He fought in France and was wounded. He received a purple heart. I was basically raised by him. I have seen the path the Germans made the Jews walk to get to other concentration camps where dead, decaying bodies were laying on the side of the road. I have seen pictures of where American forces took a location with American and German bodies littering the area. I have seen the affects of what letting a murderous group of people run across the world killing people does. Which is why I so strongly believe that America, and the rest of the world should wake up and put this threat down before it becomes another world war.