You're still not getting it. Iraq not having a war =/= Iraq being peaceful. The old grudges were still there. The infrastructure was non-existent. That was the calm before another storm. And no military presence, even if you had stayed there indefinitely with a million troops, would have removed those conditions for a new conflict.
While you won't see me defending Putin for anything (and nice tu quoque red herring, btw), why am I not seeing you pointing fingers at anybody for essentially backing up jihadists in Syria, having created the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, and turning a blind eye to the tyrannical regimes in Saudi Arabia and now Egypt? If we're to play this tit for tat game, it could really go on indefinitely, but what's the purpose of it, other than distraction?
The bottom line is this, and it's fairly simple. All US actions and all statements by people like yourself are reinforcing the notion that the US only cares about their short-term interests and nothing beyond that, all consequences of their inadequate actions or inactions be damned. And that's ultimately to the detriment of the entire world.
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Date: 16/8/14 13:53 (UTC)While you won't see me defending Putin for anything (and nice tu quoque red herring, btw), why am I not seeing you pointing fingers at anybody for essentially backing up jihadists in Syria, having created the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, and turning a blind eye to the tyrannical regimes in Saudi Arabia and now Egypt? If we're to play this tit for tat game, it could really go on indefinitely, but what's the purpose of it, other than distraction?
The bottom line is this, and it's fairly simple. All US actions and all statements by people like yourself are reinforcing the notion that the US only cares about their short-term interests and nothing beyond that, all consequences of their inadequate actions or inactions be damned. And that's ultimately to the detriment of the entire world.