[raygunfan]

Their would be no issues here at all if we ‘intervened’ as we did from 1941-45 in a couple of locales...dont recall a peep from any of those areas in 75+ years....after our ‘intervention’

[truth_seeker]

“Their would be no issues here at all if we ‘intervened’ as we did from 1941-45 in a couple of locales...dont recall a peep from any of those areas in 75+ years....after our ‘intervention’”

We should have stay focused on Afghanistan, brought to their knees begging to surrender, and making them an example.

Instead we naïve relied on corrupt locals, lose bin Laden at Tora Bora, and now bug out.

Our career military is full of political Generals, who sell out their troops for a star.

We have not won a major war that stayed won, since WWII.

The reason is the “guilt” over dead civilians in Germany and Japan.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Their would be no issues here at all if we ‘intervened’ as we did from 1941-45 in a couple of locales...dont recall a peep from any of those areas in 75+ years....after our ‘intervention’."

And that is a huge part of the equation. We simply lack the will to bring the enemy to its knees in the most violent terms as we did in WWII. Since we lack that will, the enemy just waits us out. If we lack the will for an all-out victory - and all that entails - we shouldn't go in.

[neverdem]

Their would be no issues here at all if we ‘intervened’ as we did from 1941-45 in a couple of locales...dont recall a peep from any of those areas in 75+ years....after our ‘intervention’

Germany and Italy were part of Western Civilization, and Japan was well along on its way to joining Western Civilization. All needed long term occupations and security treaties that are still in effect.