[Future Snake Eater]

“It is not the job of the U.S. military to engage in nation building to turn foreign countries into democratic utopias.”

Except we've been doing exactly that for a long, long time. Indian Wars, Reconstruction, Philippines, Caribbean, Japan, Germany, Vietnam (sort of), Balkans (sort of), Iraq, Afghanistan--peacekeeping, counterinsurgency, and nation-building have been a part of our mission for many years.

[Norm Lenhart]

People have raped children for even longer. Doesn’t make it right or acceptable either.

[RKBA Democrat]

“Except we’ve been doing exactly that for a long, long time. Indian Wars, Reconstruction, Philippines, Caribbean, Japan, Germany, Vietnam (sort of), Balkans (sort of), Iraq, Afghanistan—peacekeeping, counterinsurgency, and nation-building have been a part of our mission for many years.”

And? If you find yourself face down in a ditch, then the first thing you should do is to stop digging.