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20K troops are people's sons and daughters. Those are real people with personal stories that can credibly threaten to move votes and enlistments.
by afarrell 5y ago
20K troops are people's sons and daughters. Those are real people with personal stories that can credibly threaten to move votes and enlistments.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoBeing the US politician responsible for using those sons and daughters as human shields is something that could backfire spectacularly. It's not a given that the US can dump soldiers into any conflict and then use their deaths as a tool for support. It's possible, and I suspect quite likely, that the politicians will bear the brunt of the damage from creating the situation where those sons and daughters were killed.