“Because the thesis - that the poor Persians are just waiting for the US to provide them with regime change AND that this is something that can be done with our existing resources AND that the resulting state will be better FOR THE UNITED STATES than what exists now is almost certainly false”
Wow. I don’t have the time to correct all that’s wrong with that. If you keep looking at it as “regime change” instead of killing our enemy - the people who are still injuring & killing Americans - then it will never stop. Get the “regime change” meme out of your head.
They are the enemy. We’re being attacked. Apparently you want to sit back & watch.
Same goes for the border. We are being invaded & it’s a national crisis, I agree. But stopping the invasion doesn’t mean we can’t or shouldn’t protect ourselves elsewhere.
We can walk & chew gum at the same time under the right leadership
“We’re being attacked” is a rant that rings hollow in a country that has been meddling in the affairs of other nations all over the face of the earth for decades. You don’t deliberately put people in harm’s way for no damn good reason … and then whine about it when they are — well, harmed.