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Agreed. An intervention like

Orion — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 01:45:56 +0000

Agreed. An intervention like Obama is selling in Syria would have probably gone over well back then but not now.

There's no telling if this whole situation is blowback for us. Iraq is only next door. The rebels resemble in more ways than one Al Qaeda in Iraq, the people who were killing American soldiers. Now Obama wants to come to the aid of such people. Smh.....

The extended stay nation

artappraiser — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 15:09:58 +0000

In reply to Afghanistan wasn't really

The extended stay nation building thing is theoretically about self-defense, though. It's a response to ye olde blowback criticisms that we always bomb and run (or do a CIA op and run) and leave a mess behind that comes back to bite us in the ass.

Afghanistan wasn't really

Verified Atheist — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:39:45 +0000

In reply to I'm not even sure the

Afghanistan wasn't really about self-defense. It was about retribution.

I'm not even sure the

Aaron Carine — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:24:47 +0000

In reply to When I lived in Northern

I'm not even sure the military should be used in self-defense. The defensive war in Afghanistan seems less sensible than it did in 2001-02.

When I lived in Northern

Orion — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 04:34:10 +0000

In reply to The Syrian War Is Creating a Massive Kidnapping Crisis in Lebanon

When I lived in Northern California, I dated a girl - Sara - who was Saudi Arabian (though she didn't follow any of the standards for women). She told me about when she was in Beirut, some guys grabbed her, tied her up and kept her over a night, throwing her back where they had picked her up afterwards.

We have our own problems - the military should be saved for defense and the defense of allies from serious, imminent threats. We cannot and should not be global policeman.