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Being that your dad is a history professor, I'm sure you know that. 
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Eric, I was going to ask whether YOU are a professor. My Dad -- born in Washington, raised in LA -- is 100% American, and his family has been for many generations. He has a Ph.D. in cultural geography from UMich, and like most PhD's, his very education necessitated his learning the fine art of "reading behind the news," and learning how to filter the "true" news from the "propaganda news," if you will.
Anyway, your reasoning sounds almost verbatim to what he tries to teach me. For a guy who's never been very politically inclined, I've definitely tried to learn more about the state of affairs in recent years, especially since now that I'm in law school, I rather feel it's my duty to better educate myself with politics.
Anyway, I'm finding much of this discussion fascinating. That I happen to be 50% Persian obviously increases my interest too, of course. Thank you.
(BTW: I can contribute SOMETHING I have at least SOME knowledge on: as far as i know, Iran, at least, was an AWESOME country until the 20th century when its government started to fall to the Islamic regime, most of which, to my knowledge, was propagated by the US, correct me if I'm wrong. As for Iraq, I'm not sure. But I know this: notwithstanding political views, none can here deny the tragic loss of history that has been suffered during this "war" -- Iraq had some of the world's most ancient building, temples, etc. If we're not careful, we'll not only lose a significant number of PRESENT life, but a huge piece of our HISTORY as well.
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