If we got involved at the start - we should have bailed once the FSA proved to be just a front for sectarian jihadis. I get wrestling Syria away from Iran may have been a good payoff but the plan went FUBAR.
I’ll one up you here...
Nearly everything we have tried since the initial wars with Muslims during the Barbary pirates days, has essentially failed.
The religion is essentially a cult. It has nothing to do with peace. They are running on auto pilot...there is no persuasion.
My arguments today are about priorities, clear and present dangers, and reality. What I have said it that this danger of a clash with Putin’s Russia is much more of a danger to us then these nutcase religious zealots.
I can fight them and I don’t need a tank....just my hand guns and rifles..
Not the case with the Russians and Chinese.
Just a matter of what is really important and what is the end game of our potential adversaries...
I might add that Russia is not a potential adversary, it is and has always been number one for nearly 100 years.