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The Middle East cannot be fixed by using force. Only if you have a clear target such as taking out Saddam Hussein, it can work if you get out immediately afterw
by sharken 5y ago
The Middle East cannot be fixed by using force. Only if you have a clear target such as taking out Saddam Hussein, it can work if you get out immediately afterwards.
I hope lessons are learned.
- stephen_g 5y agoYeah, I mean sure, if you want to create a power vacuum that leads to the creation and rise of ISIS…
- anonAndOn 5y agoI'm sure you realize who has filled that vacuum, that regional powerhouse next door that shares its largest border? Maybe by giving them such an enormous gift we're frenemies, after all?
- azth 5y agoWho's audacious enough to claim that they want to "fix" the "Middle East" (a colonialist term by the way). Do people ever stop to think why it's in its current state to begin with? Who split it up divide and conquer style? It's those same people who want to "fix" it.
- ergocoder 5y agoThe real lesson is to install a dictator puppet who guarantees terrorism won't be exported. Woman children being raped and slaved? That's the dictator's fault, not US. We can't intervene another country! You see? Win-win