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I don't think many people would argue with you that invading Iraq was a mistake and a catastrophe. That doesn't necessarily mean pulling out immediately (even
by tempestn 6y ago
I don't think many people would argue with you that invading Iraq was a mistake and a catastrophe. That doesn't necessarily mean pulling out immediately (even after 20 years) would be better. I'm not saying it wouldn't, just that it's not that simple.
- m0zg 6y agoThere's no way to win there, under _any_ definition of "win". The British failed. The USSR failed. The US failed once already, and will fail again. We can fail after killing 600K and spending $3T. Or we can fail after killing 1.5M and spending $6T. But we _will_ fail regardless. It is not possible to win an unconventional land war with people who are fighting for their own land. All these "robots" are basically technological masturbation: great for milking the taxpayer and nothing else. They do not change the situation on the ground, especially when you're fighting with a bunch of semi-literate dudes with Kalashnikovs who are not afraid to die.