"So you want Islam to take over the west?"
My honest opinion about the middle east is what Harlan Ellison once said: I want the entire region, from Egypt to Pakistan, encased in a glass dome forever. No comms in or out. We open a tiny door every ten years to see if they're still fighting and if they are, we close it again.
Anyone who has an opinion about who deserves to own the region gets sent to the dome with some trail mix and a jug of water. Good luck in there.
Truly, sincerely, we don't want to hear another word about the Sand People or their fake ass blood gods for the rest of time. Planet Earth would finally have peace.
If I was POTUS, I would conduct an air war in the following, extremely "kino" fashion:
Step 1: Stealth aircraft & cruise missiles. Take down all radars and modern AA systems.
Step 2: B-52s, B1Bs, F-18s, etc. Flatten anything that might be called anti-air.
Step 3: With all air defenses down, send in a few refurbished B-17s and other warbirds for old time's sake, just to stunt on 'em. Really fuck with their heads and send in a Stuka or Me 262.
walking to get my $23 cappuccino at the coffee shop with the big LGBTQ flag in the window after doomscrolling 1 hour of iran bombing footage before even getting out of bed