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Originally Posted by Tennisnut
Fortunately, I am personally very pleased that the US is taking the lead and that we are not making the same mistakes we have made in the past. Why would we want to be in the same position now in 5 years after having thousands of Americans dead and more billions spent. I believe a root cause analysis of the problems in the Middle East is needed. Bombs and bullets have been a very short term fix for which it is readily apparent to be a long term problem. Who do you side with or wish to destroy, the Sunnis, Shiites, ISIS, Assad, Syrian rebels, Al Quad-ea or the next terrorist group? Europe fought wars for ages and finally they have peace and open borders even though they spoke different languages and have different cultures. One would hope the Arab nations could use that as a template for peace.
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We may or may not be taking charge...not sure.
I feel very strongly that we are late in our attempt at leadership and that we have fallen behind as a result....I mention Syria a few years ago, our simply leaving Iraq and what we have left in Libya.
I worry when the President uses Somalia and Yeman as examples....if that does not scare you, nothing might.
So we will see....the two examples he used have been disasters and the horror we fight NOW was bred when we left the area and ignored Syria.
Point is, we live in a much different world....smaller also and we need to recognize that fact.