As long as we support the worst of leaders, such as The Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein, we will be attacked.
Don't we all know that this latest dustup was caused by our invasion of Iraq? We supported Hussein until he turned on us, we supported the Shah even when we knew what his secret police were doing to his people, and...hell, the list is way too long of the despots we have backed up.It's no wonder that even our friends are afraid of us.

Do we trust the people who got us into it to get us out of it?

As Obama has said, and I hope he makes it his mantra, There was no Al Queada in Iraq before we invaded.