If one could only convince those fucking terrorists of how stupid they are.. they're greatly aiding the US imperialism plans... just imagine if Faisal Shazad or the other fucking Christmas bomber succeeded in their attempts, what would have happened next? Do they actually think that the US is under any obligation not to kick the Muslims out? AND still continue on their conquest of the Middle East? But sometimes I wonder: is it that the stupidity of the terrorists has no limits or that they have simply gone completely mad or both? Or perhaps, they're just thinking that they're serving themselves, seeking an eternity in bliss?
Maybe they aren't stupid. Look, as powerful as my country is, the US is NOT an unstoppable juggernaut. For one thing, as a volunteer army, we have limited manpower-- we cannot indefinitely expand our occupation zones and theaters of combat. At some point a draft would be necessary, which would make our foreign policy increasingly unacceptable to Americans and politically unpopular.
Even with a draft there's still a limit as to how wide an area of active combat and occupation zones we can handle. Don't forget our huge deployments in Europe, Korea and elsewhere in the Pacific Rim. Eventually China and Russia will figure out a way to exploit our situation, and then the problems for the US could conceivably get much worse.
In other words, taking the longview, expansion of US combat activity could benefit those who want the US out of the area by expanding the conflict beyond the US's limits of political, economic, diplomatic, industrial and military sustainability. This is essentially what eventually ended the USSR-- among many other problems, their economy, industry, infrastructure, etc. could no longer sustain their military expenses.