08-20-2014, 10:07 PM
A full scale occupation of Iraq will not end the threat. If we control Iraq, they will go elsewhere. Then we'll have to go there, invade that country and hold it. When the baddies move on again, we'll have to go there and hold THAT country. Pretty much, we'll have to control the entire world and all of it's citizens before we'll be safe.
So far, we've invaded and have swept clean Iraq and Afghanistan and the moment we walked away, the baddies are back stronger than ever. Learning the lessons from Vietnam, the world knows how to beat the USA - retreat and regroup until they get tired then move back in when the US goes home.
And no, I don't have a working solution to offer...
So far, we've invaded and have swept clean Iraq and Afghanistan and the moment we walked away, the baddies are back stronger than ever. Learning the lessons from Vietnam, the world knows how to beat the USA - retreat and regroup until they get tired then move back in when the US goes home.
And no, I don't have a working solution to offer...