If we went there it should have been a military mission with a precise expedited military goal.
That is why we have flubbed most military campaigns since WW II....the gulf war had a precise goal...get Sodomy out of Kuwait...we did it and came home....you can argue till the cows come home...i agree with you.
That's the reason indeed. Added to that a certain Republican POTUS in the mid 1970's said go ahead thugs build up terrorist supporting nations we won't have someone come kill you for it. The rise in terrorism over the next few years told the story. True enough Carter bungled Iran but there was one Executive Order as bad done by Ford that let all the Hitler wanna be's in the M.E. prosper. The results we see today even on our own soil.