[Theoria]

'You learned absolutely nothing from the U. S. withdrawing from Iraq too early. NOTHING!'

That's on you. It was all a mistake. SH was a 'stabilizer' compared to the problems of today. He kept Iran in check, etc.

The ME will always have problems, and nation building there is only a dream; a nightmare.

It had nothing to do with taking troops out early, we could have left them there for 100 years and that wouldn't fix anything.

They are Islamic and that is the problem. That will always be the problem.

And that isn't even talking about the wasted blood and treasure. Nothing in return.

[DoughtyOne]

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Iraq is not threatening it’s neighbors now. It’s people are not being slaughtered by their king and his sons. The Kurds are autonomous and not being threatened with destruction by Iraq’s king.

You didn’t know that?

Let’s start there...