Nation building is a mistake.
Kill the enemy till there are none left to kill and occupy just long enough for them to restore civil society. (With the understanding that civil society is a relative thing in the mideast)
Senator Cruz is our man. Why were we spending $1.5 trillion of printed money and letting 4500 soldiers die with 38,000 wounded and maimed? Weapons of mass destruction? I think not. I think twas NATION BUILDING. IT failed . All was for naught.
Get the heck OUT!! If they attack us — NUKE THEM. Close the damned borders!!