My guess would be the only context where they ever heard or thought about a city in the middle east is in context of a US war. If you think the US is only fighting for good and justified reason any city you hear something about is one that is likely full of whatever enemies the US has at that moment. Why else would anybody talk about the middle east? So of course its ok to bomb it if somebody is considering it and the military would do it then the person answering is ok with it.