NEVERMIND.
Ugh . . . Okay. Analogically:
America = John and Pete
Europe = Sally, Jim, Bob, and Sue
Iraq = Fred
Fred was mean to John and Pete for reasons that they, as well as Sally, Jim, Bob, and Sue couldn't understand. John and Pete decided to take matters into their own hands by planning to fight Fred, themselves. They both asked Sally, Jim, Bob, and Sue to help them in this fight, but they delined John and Pete's request. (John and Pete, then, turned on Sally, Jim, Bob, and Sue for not helping them in this fight against Fred, regardless of the facts that Sally, Jim, Bob, and Sue AND that they helped John and Pete in many fights before.) So, John and Pete start fighting Fred, and Fred is a bitch to anyone that attempts to help John and Pete. Suddenly, John and Pete decide that they've been badly hurt, and they need help, while Sally, Jim, Bob, and Sue stand in the corner laughing at them for starting the fight in the first place. John and Pete continue to fight, in hopes that if they fight HARDER, the fight will soon be over. Then, John and Pete come up with this brilliant idea that they'll shoot Fred and get him out of the way. Where did they get the gun, you ask? Well, they've had it even before the fight began, but didn't want anyone to know. If John and Pete shoot Fred, it will be a pussy-ass way to get themselves out of this fight, because Fred has no form of defense like the gun that John and Pete have.
It's still going on.