[Justa]

"It is a terrible thing that American men are being killed there almost daily but it is a good thing that they are hunting down and killing or imprisoning jihadists."

Imho, it's better to have soldiers confronting the jihadists over there than the jihadists confronting civilians here.

[jwalsh07]

Imho, it's better to have soldiers confronting the jihadists over there than the jihadists confronting civilians here.

Yes, and while that's easy for me to say sitting here in Ct at my keyboard I none the less agree wholeheartedly. I've served my time but if they need 52 year olds with my skills I'd be willing to put my body where my mouth is.

There is no sense in having another President Bush sending hundreds of thousands of troops to the ME in 2013 when a we can make a major effort now to change the situation there.

[A. Pole]

Imho, it's better to have soldiers confronting the jihadists over there than the jihadists confronting civilians here.

The problem is that Baath party was secularist and not islamist. This is the exact reason why Iraq supported by the West was waging war on islamic Iran in the 1980's.