joG
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We invaded Iraq under false pretenses, inadvertently created more terror groups like ISIS as a consequence and now our puppets refuse to fight for us. This isnt anything new when it comes to US foreign policy... this happened before with Vietnam, Iran, etc.
I do not follow your logic at all. First there were no "false pretense" in going into Iraq. Maybe it was too expensive and maybe we do not have the stomach for cleaning up after eliminating a crook, but the standpoint was clean and honest, as far as I have been able to discern after thousands of pages of reading and many, many discussions with people of other persuasion in many countries over the years.
But you are right, that you will have inadvertent or anticipated impact of later events. We fought a Cold War for 50 years with a Man we did a lot to keep in place and win against Hitler. You will always have that happen and never quite know, what will be the consequences of action. We did not start the fire and we certainly took responsibility in trying to put it out here and there. But to fault that is absurd.
That does not mean we should not be putting more energy into explaining to the world that we do not want to do it for us all much longer and that the world community must find a communal way to keep the peace. That is what people here and all over the place should be discussing and not whether this or that action was humane, wrong or sensible.