Many of the people who complain about the intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan are often the same people who would have complained the loudest if nothing had been done. (not necessarily saying you are one of them)
I’ve thought it through and I think we did the right thing even if it didn’t turn out as hoped. I am not one of those who think we should have carpet bombed Iraq or Afghanistan or dropped nuclear weapons on them.
People who know me understand my values and judgment and largely respect them in these matters, so that counts for something to me.
I understand and respect your opinion, thoughtomator, I just don’t agree with it.
I’m having a lot of trouble trying to comprehend how you can come to the conclusion that all that killing and all those dead and damaged soldiers and all that money wasted - for absolutely no benefit whatsoever - was “the right thing”.
It wasn’t even close to “the right thing”. It was quite the opposite. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are easily among the worst foreign policy mistakes ever made by a US government.