Iraq. Is it better now?? (AKA ISIS/ISIL/IS/name-of-the-week-here) (16 Viewers)
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I'm only speaking as an American, not a member of the "West".
It's really not our problem. The thing that gets us in trouble is our insistence that we fix everything. Our meddling is what caused 911. The wars in Iraq and Afganistan lead to the Great Recession. These were huge events that led to an unprecedented weakening of our nation's economy, infrastructure, and political system. And people want us to play that game again?
If it's such a big deal let the rest of the world sort it out.
It's really not our problem. The thing that gets us in trouble is our insistence that we fix everything. Our meddling is what caused 911. The wars in Iraq and Afganistan lead to the Great Recession. These were huge events that led to an unprecedented weakening of our nation's economy, infrastructure, and political system. And people want us to play that game again?
If it's such a big deal let the rest of the world sort it out.
There's a fine line between isolationism and allowing others to deal with their own problems.
The US track record is to pretty much fuck up most everything it touches, so if Somalia wants to blow itself up among warring warlords, I'm ok with that to the extent it doesn't spill over and threaten too much else.
Most of what foreign policy in this country thinks is solving problems is at least as often creating new or future problems.
The US track record is to pretty much fuck up most everything it touches, so if Somalia wants to blow itself up among warring warlords, I'm ok with that to the extent it doesn't spill over and threaten too much else.
Most of what foreign policy in this country thinks is solving problems is at least as often creating new or future problems.
-I think there was more to the recession than the wars "cost", but that's another can of worms.
-It is the rest of the worlds problem but I sure as hell don't see them doing anything about it. If people there (other than the occassional outspoke disapproval of ISIS) are unwilling to stand up and we take ourselves out of the equation because its another persons problem you will see much bigger ISIS (CIA est 31,500+) in a year from now. Reports already showing militants are working out of mexican border towns. Not sure how accurate that is but its absolutely a possibility. But yeah, let's take ourselves out of the equation and just pretend they aren't already here.
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This.
Tired of the "Bush's War in Iraq" rhetoric.
-It is the rest of the worlds problem but I sure as hell don't see them doing anything about it. If people there (other than the occassional outspoke disapproval of ISIS) are unwilling to stand up and we take ourselves out of the equation because its another persons problem you will see much bigger ISIS (CIA est 31,500+) in a year from now. Reports already showing militants are working out of mexican border towns. Not sure how accurate that is but its absolutely a possibility. But yeah, let's take ourselves out of the equation and just pretend they aren't already here.
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This.
Tired of the "Bush's War in Iraq" rhetoric.
