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Big Don made an error not jumping at the chance to be invited to leave Iraq. There are too many moving parts to the problem and we are not the linchpin, as we do not live there. We are outsider to everyone in the region, as their involvement would be if it were Mexico or Canada.May we please stay in this century. Thank you. Also the OP is how the Democrats ignore Iran’s actions and why it is hard to vote for them but about 1953.Actually, Eisenhower's was the problem. 1953. Look it up.
I still can't trust the Republicans on middle east policy in general. They got us into Iraq, where that asshole Saddam was keeping Iran at bay out of good old mutual historic hate. It was all simpler to ignore the region and Saddam, than to try to remake it for our ultimate benefit, whatever the heck that is. Give Israel air refuel capability. Let them deal with the threat from Iran as they see fit. How is Syria's nuclear program doing? They live there. We don't. We have not shown talent at nation building, and probably will not.
Oh I agree this is on Bush. But Trump has taken a different approach and is being vilified for it and that is the part I do not understand.
That is neither here nor there. How can I vote for one of the Democrat candidates when they don't support the killing of a terrorist?
Killing that jerk is a done deal. I have no need for the opposition party of the president to sing praises. They owe me nothing. They oppose out of partisanship after the fact, completely impotent. If he had been a 150 miles north, in his own country, I would not have supported either, and probably neither would you. This whole thing only happened because the jerk had the gall to come to Baghdad, probably instigating the attack on our embassy and being conceited enough to be found in plain sight still in the area the next day. This move was green lighted months ago. The guy has been deservedly on the list a long time, It does not represent a grand new strategy. Some targets of opportunity are just too good and timely to pass up. I suspect Joe or Bloomberg would have done the same thing, but if invited out of the country afterwards, would have taken that opportunity to lower our involvement in the area. Trump almost did it. It would have been the best move by a republican or democrat in 20 years, but the dumbass listens to the last on he speaks with and goes along. No points. I would give my left nut to know who the bastard was. Would have suspected Bolton if Trump had not fired him, now no telling who the cloaked influential warmonger is.