The US should have taken Iraqi oil for 50 years as tribute. Treat them like a satellite state, and subjugate as needed. History is rife with these lessons.
So true. Our nation's allies must respect America and our enemies must live in constant FEAR of our might.
I've never bought into the idea that peace is the absence of conflict. Instead real peace comes from a strong, fearless America equipped with a military second to none. There's a good reason why the pistol was called the Colt Peacemaker.
The restoration of American Exceptionalism would yield a peaceful Mideast...something approximating this:
