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OK, you tell the soldiers and marines who are currently on the ground and fighting that we're getting rid of what is, for them, the most effective solution. Unt
by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
OK, you tell the soldiers and marines who are currently on the ground and fighting that we're getting rid of what is, for them, the most effective solution. Until we're actually not fighting these wars, it's best to keep the most effective weapons to fight them around.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y agoYou could also tell them 'hey we're bringing you back home to the States' and I think that would help the medicine go down.
- gohrt 10y agobut then adding "and laying you off from your job" might make it a bitter pill.
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoBut that's not going to happen. So... we're back to "do the job with sufficient equipment," or "do the job without sufficient equipment."
- SEJeff 10y agoThat is sadly untenable. Daesh, AQ, and affiliates aren't going to just stop wanting America to burn in ashes because we pull out of Iraq & Afghanistan. War sucks, but you can't reason with ideology of fanatics. If they try to kill you, you have to kill them or let them kill you. You can try to help educate the children and give them alternatives to killing you, but you can't stop them all as ideals never die.