I know people that died that day. I have friends that lost family that day. I felt the plane hit the pentagon at school. I could smell smoke days after the 11th. Don't you DARE call me a pansy!!! :| We do have allies in the Middle East... can you say ISRAEL? The last thing we want to do is isolate ourselves; we need to make relations in that area on the world. Although their military isn't as advanced as ours, they certainly have more then slingshots as many of you think. They have fighter jets, tanks, SAMs, nukes, bio and chemical weapons too. Don't underestimate them.
<<Egypt is cooperating with the war on terrorism, but Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ruled out the use of Egyptian ground troops in any military strikes.
U.S. officials have described the cooperation between the United States and Oman as excellent. Oman has allowed the United States to base planes on its soil in the past, and Pentagon sources say B-1 bombers again have moved to bases in Oman.
The Saudis cut all ties with the Taliban and condemned the Sept. 11 attacks. The U.S. State Department said Washington is very satisfied with Saudi cooperation.>> - CNN