*** We cannot create a vacuum in the Middle East region, and surrender the region to China. ***
We already created a vacuum in the Middle East. The US needs to get the heck out, and cut the failed regime change crap. I am sick of seeing people I know come back from our wars of adventurism permanently damaged mentally and physically.
I am also sick of the “fight them over there, or fight them here” mantra. It is propaganda.
I’m not sure how old you are, but if you lived through the 60s, you’ll remember aircraft hijackings and other terrorist activity.
The region had been made more complex by Russian presence there.
This may seem like a simple decision with no down side.
It isn’t.
We do not want Chinese military bases in the region. We do not want Chinese Navy ports in the Mediterranean.
If can’t handle our men dying on foreign soil, it’s going to be a tough next fifty years for you.
We will be engaged around the world for as long as you live.
Sockmonkey, propaganda can be truthful as well as misleading.
See what your take on this post is.
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