All insignificant little countries, with the exception of Iran. Who cares about Syria, Lebanon, Israel, etc. They are little blips on the big world picture. They are all run by religious wackos. You could take all three of them off the map and nothing would change in the world. In 20yrs from now, if the US gets off its dependence of foreign oil and looks to Canada for all of its imported oil, the middle east will be nothing more than a bunch of crazy people that have been fighting for hundreds of years over a ridiculous issue like religion.

Russia, China, North Korea, all much more important than these insignificant countries.