Posted on 06/05/2015 9:37:03 AM PDT by PROCON
Problem with American leaders is they have never lived in a Muslim country. I grew up in a Muslim area, and know how they think first hand and up close.
Mubarak, Saddam and Gaddafi kept the radicals in control. The final blunder will be removing Bashar Assad.
Radical Islam can not be permanently subdued by outside military force. Only secular Muslim dictators can keep a lit on it. If you do not understand, be prepared to shed more blood and treasure.
I think most people understand that rulers of muslim-majority countries need to be heavy-handed to maintain order.
It becomes a problem when those rulers use their power in neighboring countries. It becomes a bigger problem when those neighboring countries are US allies,
To suggest that it would have been better to keep Saddam Hussein in power after invading Kuwait and breaking most of the terms of the Gulf War cease fire is absurd. To project weakness to a muslim only invites more violence.
Another wrong headed thinking. Who cares if oil in Kuwait is sold by ruler/dictator of Kuwait or Saddam Hussein? Let them fight each other. The Iran-Iraq war was the best thing ever happened. For a decade no one had to worry about Iran or Iraq.
They all must sell oil, including Iran. That is why oil price has dipped to record lows....Iranians are now free to sell their oil on the market, thanks to Obama/Kerry.
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