The US needs to stay the hell out of sandy places “just to protect our national interests” until we understand the tribal politics of the Middle East Culture that have been warring among themselves for millennia. That should keep the CIA busy for 100 years.
LOL… And the whole discussion has come down to dog pee. This “Leave no man behind” promise harkens me back to watching a person losing their grip on the last Helo out of Saigon. That was a promise kept. NOT!
Sounds like an opportunity to drop a tax on the cheap oil (not unlike the “Windfall Profits Tax”…. look it up kids) to help pay for the Infrastructure Plan instead of giving it to the fat cats to exploit.
They’ll wage war with you until you leave, and they’ll go back to fighting each other. That’s how tribes and other ethnic groups in the Middle East have been operating for millennia.
The US needs to stay the hell out of sandy places “just to protect our national interests” until we understand the tribal politics of the Middle East Culture that have been warring among themselves for millennia. That should keep the CIA busy for 100 years.