01-18-2019, 01:20 PM
(01-18-2019, 12:24 PM)jj22 Wrote: Tell that to the men and women who sacrifice in places fighting the enemy on their turf to keep us safe at home.
This is always difficult as you could argue our involvement in Desert Storm is what resulted in America being attacked on 9/11. Ending the cycle sounds good in theory but we have substantial interest in the ME that we won't ever abandon. Osama Bin Laden took offense to our stationing troops in Saudi Arabia for Desert Storm and declared a Jihad on the U.S. . Something like that could happen again tomorrow based on our involvement in ME issues and we could have another terrorist organization born from it, or maybe that has already happened. That group then attacks us domestically or somewhere in the world, then that attack would require a response that again would trigger possibly another generation of terrorists.
It's a cycle that simply may not have a solution in terms of ME engagement. What you can't do is abandon the ideal that we won't protect allies or innocent people around the world. We can't let dictators slaughter people and be okay with that, which means there will come another time in the future we will once again have to deploy military assets.
