We have to guard against the radicals which are uncontrollable. Hence, we need to ferment chaos in the middle east.
As long as the Shia and Sunni are at each others throat and Israel is battling for its survival, we shall have time to formulate our forces and retaliatory posture.
Russia and Europe will be forced to look at a survival alliance against the jihadists of the middle east who are trying to expand their Caliphate fever.
With global chaos, China will be incapacitated by its own internal upheaval.
Leaving Iraq and Afganhistan leave us time to reconstitute our military forces into “hammer strike” forces capable of projecting where we need the temporarily.
If we do not begin to look at the world like this we will be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Not so sure I can agree with your assesssment. Less than two weeks ago over 350 Muslim Leaders and Clerics, along with “special” guests, met to further their agenda for uniting all Muslim nations into one block....which includes a united effort between Shia and Sunni regardless of their differences....with the ultimate target of bringing Saudi Arabia on board by what ever means is necessary.
Europe has no oil and are completley dependant on ME and Russia oil...along with that of N.Africa. The pipeline between Europe and Russia certainly would give Russia the upper hand to threaten a shutdown were international events esculate....but Russia and Iran have their sites on SAudi Oil, always have...Syria and China fits in that..China will not implode as many think possible...though there may be some rough spots. They are already purchasing lands with resources in other countries to insure this won’t happen.
As for our forces, we can only attempt a gradual withdrawal from the East...unless there is another front to send them to. Bringing them home at once will mean all these soldiers out of work..and the result of that on our monetary system let alone the civil unrest possible would further position us to fall faster and harder than we are currently.
I don’t think they care about our land, they just need the US out of their way. Glowing soil is the best way to do that.