[churchillbuff]

favorite strawmen

Sorry, but the idea that our troops should be deployed only in defense of our own interests is not a strawman, it is a basic, historic tenet of American conservatism.

[Petronski]

The strawman was in bold. I never said the reason you cited was sufficient 'in and of itself.' You added that for misdirection. But you knew that too.

[dennisw]

Sorry, but the idea that our troops should be deployed only in defense of our own interests is not a strawman, it is a basic, historic tenet of American conservatism.

 And we have interests in the Middle East. Main one being oil. Another main one to try and nullify Islamic terrorism which is on the verge of going world wide. End of story.

You must be one of those silly people who think we can simply buy oil from the Arab Muslims without being politically involved. No other nation acts this way. Not the French, not the Chinese, not the Russians.