The mistake was thinking we had any interest other than paying back the Taliban and ISIS for 9/11 through aerial bombardment of any and every culprit we could find.
Then we should have gone home, oh and demanded compensation from and retribution against the Suadi’s who thought funding this nonsense would be fun and games for the kiddies. But that’s just maintaining a strong deterrence policy.
Think about it. Does any third rate international punk mess with Putin?
. Dubrovka Theater 2002, Beslan 2004. Islamic terror respects nobody, it is only by death in battle that one is guaranteed heaven in that evil cult.
Containment and getting Moslems to kill each other is the best strategy . Spain actually did what it took for total victory.