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.
And I see all these color revolutions as originating from the outside. I don't see any that has paid off yet and made their country better off.