You can't say that there is no debate in America about the Middle East. The op-ed page of the New York Times today had two opinions on the Middle East. One was by an Israeli Zionist (listen to him: wax philosophical here: "Give us Iran, give us a pinch of Syria, give us a handful of Sheik Nasrallah and we'll devour them whole.") and the other a fanatical American Zionist-- notice how pleased he is with Saudi Arabia. That passes as debate in the US, you know.