I don't favor war at any level, because all wars degenerate into money making schemes for war contractor
s that cause harm to our soldiers and the people of the nation we are engaged with for no worthy purpose ...
That said, I can't help but be reminded of what happened at the end of the Persian Gulf War when after the US and Coalition forces forced Saddam out of Kuwait George HW Bush gave some indication that if the Iraqis rose up against Saddam we would be there for them. The Shi'ite in south eastern Iraq took that promise seriously and rose up against Saddam. The United States didn't come through for them, however, and there was a tremendous bloodletti
ng that Saddam unleashed on the Shi'ites. In Iraq today we have a Shi'ite Government in place that overtly has stronger ties with Shi'ite Iran than with the United States that allowed their government to take power. I do not know if the US walking away from the Shi'ite uprising against Saddam resulted in the the current Iraq government being cozy with Iran, but it does beg the question what happens when we are in a position to help and we don't? If the US and world community stood by while Gaddafi engaged in atrocities in Bengazi who would the Libyan people align with after the fact?
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