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Originally Posted by justjim
We spent Billions and Billions and put 120,000 "boots" on the ground and what did we really and truly accomplish in these last 10 plus years. It appears we are right back where we started in this area of the world. Was the "Mission accomplished? Did we win? Did our men and women die in vain? These are tough questions but we cannot escape reality and hide our heads in the sand.
It's time for "others" in the Middle East and around the world to step up to the plate. This includes our so called allies. I do think we could be going about this "war" in a new and different direction. What we did in the past 10 years obviously did not work.
These "mad men" who behead the innocent and kill women and children cannot not be brought down by a traditional Army. We have proved that over and over. Let the "mad men" be fought by their own people.
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And not a "coalition of the willing" from 2003. It ended up being just us. And what a tragedy it was for us then but hopefully not now. Cooler heads and an actual thought process is called for.