DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
No, WE are not in a continuance of this. If they are, that's their own damned business, but taking sides in a 3000 year old religious skirmish is not what we base our foreign policy on.
We deal with nations, not religions.
The US government is charged by the People to protect national security. The fact that this threat is by religios zealots doesn't negate that.
It is a 1300 year old struggle where one side insists on taking over the world by force and the other simply wants to be left alone.