[Bubba]

You have to realize that the Jihadist hates us because we are in "His" land. Namely Saudi Arabia, that is the sacred land of Mecca, and we are desecrating their sacred places by being there. I'm not saying it would end overnight, there would be their civil war clashes that would continue, but us leaving the area and minding our own business at home to make sure our affairs are in order would go a long way in gaining some respect around the world that we started to lose, to a small extent, when George HW Bush first sent us to Saudi Arabia to invade Iraq but is sorely lacking ever since GW Bush took office. GW has alienated most of the world from America.

Let's not forget that it was the US foreign policy of the past that put us into the situations that we have today, maybe not intentionally, but those past foreign policy decisions had consequences that put us where we are today. First, we back putting the Shaw into power in Iran, now look at what Iran thinks of us. We also backed and supported Sadaam with cash weapons and training when they were at war with Iran, and we know how that ended. Let's not forget that we liked and advised Osama Bin Laden when his fighters were fighting the Russians in Afghanistan, but things turned south with him when we went into Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf war.