Elite: it would take an extreme natural disaster to take out the United States. I mean EXTREME. We are stationed all over the world, and 90% of our citizens are armed heavily. The planet will be destroyed before the middle east ever has a chance in god's glorious hell to rule over us. Just face it, you were born in this planet's wasteland. You're at the bottom of the food chain. A mere rat in the talons of the eagle.