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(10-15-2019, 11:45 AM)Dill Wrote: What would define a "successful" pullout in this case?  What level of negative after affects would be acceptable?

Genuinely curious, as this is shaping up to be the one thing issue that finally divides Republican support for Trump.

(PS Wouldn't the "proxy war" go back to Nassar and the Soviet Union?)

Successful would be the US military no longer fighting in nations we aren't at war with.

There's going to be negative affects from the fact that we allied with groups who are enemies with each other. We also allied with groups because it makes strategic sense, but realistically they consider us enemies in the grand scheme of things. But we arm them for the time being and they do ground work for us so we love to roll with that kind of thing. Russia increasing their influence would realistically be a engative as well.

I'd say it's a proxy war with Russia because while we both are against ISIS and other terrorist groups, we are both trying to fill vacancies with our own hand picked leaders who will do our own bidding. Plus oil.