[Alberta's Child]

1. The U.S. military had no business being in Beirut in the first place.

2. The same is true about Iraq.

You’re making MTG’s point.

[Psalm 73]

"1. The U.S. military had no business being in Beirut in the first place."

That is a separate debate, (invite of Lebanon Gov. etc) but can also be argued that where US troops are was was no business of Iran either.

If we have military forces in the nation of, say Ogandu to help with an earthquake at the request of their government, does that make it OK for another nation to attack our personnel "because we had no business being there"?

As a sovereign nation we do not move about the world by permission of the Iranian government.

Iraq war, certainly bad juju, but was also no concern of Iran - or would blowing off the legs of our infantry be their "righteous perogative"?