With war I sincerely doubt that there is any good things to report until well after all the hoopla has long since passed.
I don't think we can win the peace in the east because there is simply to great of a divide in fundamental beliefs in religion and values of human life and liberty between the west and the east. By east I mean areas of the world that are deeply Islamic.
I don't know that much about the religion of Islam except that I am told that it is a religion of peace. Yet all I see is what the world media is showing us, and that paints a very negative image of Islam and I think that is the real victim here. If you fight terrorism, you are fighting Islam, and no matter what we say, that belief is what propels more and more Muslims to join the ranks of the radicalized.
We are not calling Islam the religion of terrorism, that distinction, I am afraid, is being made by the followers of Islam. All because we are, rather were, aggressively going after radicalized terrorist who claim to do the heinous things that they do in the name of Islam, we are now being branded as the haters of Islam. The world’s efforts against Terrorism are not a war against Islam. That is the message that needs to be put out there and reinforced.
If many more than not, Muslims want to believe that because the US and other countries are going after terrorism, that we are waging a war against them, their religion, and their way of life, then what can we do or say otherwise? Nothing. They will hate us regardless. Nothing we say or do will have any improving effect on how they view us. If we decide to call it quits and pull out, then we will only serve to embolden them.
Honestly the only real way to win this war is to either win by showing the Muslim world that we are not at war against Islam, or wipe them all of the face of the planet without regard.
That second option is NOT an option at all, but if a race war is to come, then it might be the only option left to both sides.
With Iran leaders acting the way they are acting, one really doesn't know what the future holds. If Iran were to use a nuke against Israel, or other nation, then what would the response be? Whatever the response, it will only be viewed one way by the Muslims; as an all out war against Islam, a Holly War. It does not matter that the response was triggered by a nuclear attack perpetrated by Iran; it will only be viewed as an attack against all of Islam. The real victims will be the inocent people on all sides who die because of this.
There is really no way to win this. I can't see any good things coming from this conflict now. Only more death, more hatred, and more war.