My primary "request" would be that the United States withdraw all military from the Middle East and cease funding of Israel. I see no valid reason for the U.S. to bankroll a nation that has no positive intentions beyond its own borders.
Again, what you are asking for is a free hand for Israel's enemies to destroy it and its citizens. That is the stated goal of the Muslim/Arabic states.
I have seen where Mr. Bush says that he wants to "protect American interests" in the Middle East. He believes he is action in the cause of freedom. Which I believe to be ludicrous.
It isn't just the President of the US who views the Middle East as an area of interest. As for freedom, I doubt seriously that most Arabs have any concept of freedom that does not involve the oppression of women, the destruction of Israel, and a global Islamic state.
This would be like (for sake of an example) Argentina disagreeing with America's treatment of Spanish-speaking people in the Southern border states. To protect their "freedom," Argentina would take over and occupy Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The "oppressed" Mexican residents and immigrants would certainly welcome them as "freedom fighters."
If the Hispanics were busy blowing up US citizens with Argentina's financial and military support, advocating the destruction of the US and the genocide of its citzens, then Argetntina would indeed be just like Syria, Iran, and a host of other Middle Eastern countries.
I would think that the American government and people would take a rather dim view of a foreign nation attempting to occupy parts of their soil. Yet that is exactly what the U.S. has done in Iraq. If the citizenry of Iraq wanted continued U.S. intervention, they would stop shooting at them.
Perhaps the Islamic extremists should have determined that the US would take a dim view of having their buildings blown up, ships at sea attacked and citizens kidnapped and then beheaded. Don't even try to pretend that none of that happened before the US went into Iraq. Also, if the Iraqiis would stop blowing up their own people, stop trying to kill off all the Kurds and quit trying to form another terrorist state, the US qould actually leave Iraq.
I find it extremely sad that brave American soldiers continue to die fighting a war that no one wants to fight and that no one has a chance of winning. It is too bad that Mr. Bush does not realize this. Or perhaps he does not care.
Typically, you grossly underestimate the United States. Your assertion that "no has a chance of winning" is nothing but propaganda. If there were no chance of winning, why are the terrorists even trying? Obviously they believe they can win; too bad for them there are brave American soldiers willing to prevent that. Perhaps the leaders of the terrorists and terrorist states do not realize that the US will NEVER stand for half the world under Islamic oppression. We already KNOW that Muslims do not care; they obviously have NO regard for human life.