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| 2016-01-11 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 "We have to find the spine to actually *lead*, and then back that leadership up with overwhelming force." You don't have support/people to do that. The mission would be sabotaged by the Media, State Department and many other Government agencies. |
| Posted by: Lionel Thoth9784 2016-01-11 22:48 |
| #3 Best to find alternatives to oil, support Israel and perhaps Kurds, and otherwise let the region rot. But we can't "let the region rot". That region will spawn dozens of threats, nuclear and otherwise. We have to find the spine to actually *lead*, and then back that leadership up with overwhelming force. Only when dissent is crushed can "hearts and minds" come into play. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-01-11 19:32 |
| #2 The west forgot what it took to keep them in line before and no longer has the spine to be that brutal now. Best to find alternatives to oil, support Israel and perhaps Kurds, and otherwise let the region rot. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-01-11 14:17 |
| #1 A couple of key points from the Intro: 1)These policymakers are typically blind...to the fact that the Saddamist regime in Iraq and the Assad regime in Syria were the way they were for a reason. 2)It was a predictable outcome with which policymakers are woefully ill prepared to deal Stupid is as stupid does. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-01-11 10:26 |