So, if we had kept 25,000 strategically placed U.S. troops and our bases in Iraq, the ISIS incursion would’ve happened ANYWAY? I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT.
OK..THAT’S IT. I AM DONE WITH RAND.
That part of the world has been in turmoil for at least the last 4000 years. No nation, repeat, no nation has ever been able to realign the tribalism there into a stable government. The people are unable or unwilling to accept democratic style rule. They don't understand it. They don't believe in it. They don't want it. They want their tribal overlords and their colorful flags and that's a fact. Accept it.