[Seruzawa]

No matter what you do in the middle east it will end in a monumental cockup. Why is this so danged hard to learn? Every intervention ends in disaster. Romans, Brits, Frogs... you name it. Always a disaster for anyone stupid enough to interfere. Nothing we do will improve one danged thing.

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah, but I see no major damage even if it does go sideways. Our involvement here seems to be one on a minor scale, though I do not seem to be able to find what the exact number of troops are actually there.

While I am against involvement in the Ukraine Russia conflict, it's because I know more about that conflict.

I virtually know nothing about this operation, other than they are fighting Al-Qaeda. Beyond that there is virtual very little press to make any reasonably informed decision.