[atari 2600]

If this thread is about acting as a World Leader Pretend and who the U.S. should bomb, then I have what is probably an unpopular answer. The U.S. (hopefully with U.N. or G8 approval (Which we would most probably never get)) should put exacting but fair terms and demands to every country in the Middle East. If these demands are not met, then on a certain predetermined date (and after Allied troop withdrawal, of course) complete and total bombings of every square foot should begin. The major focus would be on a "Leave Now or Die" ultimatum and the potential imminent bombing of countries with Shi'ite majorities and large Muslim radical elements in the population like Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. Bahrain, Azerbaijan, and Syria would have to prove their case unless they also wanted to be bombed. Countries that would likely be spared would include Kuwait, Dubai, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Israel.

Of course, the rest of the world would go apeshit crazy over such an aggressive foreign policy, but fuck 'em. They'll always invent an excuse to hate us anyway. Let all the ungrateful fucks suck long and hard on this: We were attacked.

After this bombing is finished, the U.S. would own the property and all the resources and companies that went there to profit would be made to be subject to strict guidelines of not abusing Human Rights.

We should then go into Africa and do the basically same thing on a far less ruthless level. In the process, the U.S. Government should also put U.S. companies out of business that exploit the unrest there. Simply freeze all their assets unless they comply with Human Rights standards in their mining operations by a certain predetermined date.

There will always continue to be unacceptable chronic problems in largely self-contained third world countries that have a vast amount of resources until the dogs are decisively separated from the bone. The tribes that occupy these states will always be fighting over the wealth of the resources and industrialized nations will always be there to interfere, to sell arms, and to urge them on so that they can, in turn, get their grubby hands on a greater share of the resources. This way, although admittedly brutal and, I'm sure, monstrously unfair in many cases, cuts straight through all the bullshit and, in the end, is simply more humane for everyone.