Because, invade one, and you will have to invade them all. And square or compel the rest of the Muslim world. Arab borders are porous, and it takes no effort at all for mujaheddeen and suicide bombers to cross them. Japan or Germany could be handled in isolation, having a cohesive and clearly recognizable population or culture: the borders between Arab nations, on the other hand, are almost entirely artificial.
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Re: I'll leave you and <lj user = kulibali> to argue this out
Date: 2007-04-17 04:36 am (UTC)