emart2173
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While I agree that the Middle East ideology/clan wars have been going on well before the USA was even a country, it still doesn't negate the fact that we are in their crosshairs.
The "Arab Spring" was more of a by-product of us letting Mubarek hang out to dry and let the people of Egypt control their democratic fate. We all knew what a POS Mubarek was, but he was out POS and he kept the region fairly peaceful. We knew the Muslim Brotherhood would jump right into control and yet let it happen.
Lybia is/was the same way. Gaddafi was a shell of his former self and in control benefited the region and our interests. We controlled him.
I say all of this only because I agree that on some levels we can't fight every "up start radical Muslim group", but we can send a message that we are not to be messed with. We beat a few of them down and dismantle their operations where anyone else will think twice about attacking is domestically or on foreign soil.
The fact that these groups are brazen enough to attack us proves this administration has left us as vulnerable as we have ever been. What I hate the most is that We've exposed Israel in the region, basically armed our most hated enemy with nuclear capabilities, allowed other countries to begin selling them military assets and ensured at some point WWIII will break out in the region.
I'm not sure what the solution is, but sitting back and doing nothing isn't an option because it's the reason we are in the position we are in.
Exactly. Ghaddifi was actual on our side but there was still a divide in the country and because of U.S goals in the region with Syria and others they wanted/needed to get him out and were provided the "rebels" with the weapons needed. Also plays into the "cover up" of what was going on around Benghazi and why little to nothing was done to help the ambassador and staff.
Our goal of "world peace" isn't working out to great and our lack of leadership and projected force only encourages more of this activity because those in charge believe our exceptionalism and long standing of forward deploy force and interjecting into others problems is why the world is messed up.
We have turned our enemies into so called friends and our friends are becoming our enemies. The goal of world peace is turning into the forthcoming of a large war that will not end good for anyone.