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(10-25-2017, 01:57 AM)Dill Wrote: You guys don't see international order as a good in itself?

Directly saving lives or making money are not the only worthwhile drivers of foreign policy, either for the US or most other countries. 

Certainly the US has made a mess in the Middle East, but that was hardly inevitable. I do not see even see a short term value in totally disengaging.  Stop electing incompetent presidents and senators/congressmen is the solution, not abandoning the region to anarchy.

Outside of providing stability to gas prices, no.

Outside of genocide, there’s nothing that’s going to settle conflicts there. It’s unfortunate, but we aren’t going to resolve conflicts that old with a couple decades of occupation. If anything, Korea has taught us that. And that’s another area that doesn’t provide much outside of giving us a great strategic advantage in the event of a war in Asia.