We have a problem down here because of "political correctness". I don't know if you guys have the same problem in the US, but here the police have to be very careful that they do not offend a Muslim. On the other hand they have to track and infiltrate the Muslim gangs (mostly ex Lebanese), who are into drug trafficking, intimidation, and straight out murder. This causes all of us (non Muslims) to be very suspicious of anyone Muslim, or of Middle Eastern "appearance", which is certainly not fair, but what do you do? These gangs are killing people (usually shooting or knifing), almost on a weekly basis.
Iraq is a mess because we (the "Allies"/Western coalition), made it so by invading in 2003, but does that mean that we should sit back and accept our troops being butchered by Middle Eastern and South Asian terrorists? It is not an easy situation to handle. By the time Obama gets in in 2008, it will be too late to "fix" the problem.
I don't know the answers, and apparently neither do our politicians.
