Quote: “Actually, I find the moral ambiguity refreshingly realistic. Pakistan is our “ally” in the WOT, but they’ve been selling us out all along. Saddam was our “ally” once, we know how that turned out.”
So then, by that logic, Bin Laden was our ally once. Why not forgive and forget and sit down with him for a talk? If he was our ally once and attacked us, that makes it ok? I find the moral ambiguity refreshingly naive. The bottom line is that in fighting a war things are never clear and you can’t always be choosy about who you side with. The Soviet Union was our ally. Should we not have allied with them and allowed Germany to win WWII?
“fighting a war is never clear”: hmmm, who said that? Wouldn’t a more realistic and therefore entertaining TV reflect that? Or do you want all straw men and propaganda in your shows?