RE: Trump versus Clinton?
March 26, 2016 at 6:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2016 at 6:16 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 26, 2016 at 5:22 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(March 26, 2016 at 4:58 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Brian, I'm not advocating "doing nothing". I'm saying we should stop our meddling and bombing and nation-building.
The "nation building" is about the only thing I can agree to and ground invasions as well. But no, if it takes sending a missile up the ass of Isis, I see that as no different than what we did to Bin Laden. It is still unreasonable to expect someone not to respond to a sucker punch.
I do not think we should invade Saudi Arabia or Yemen or Iraq, of course not. We busted up two nations already and that hasn't helped, but I am sure for going after violent nutcases.
The problem with airstrikes is that even using PGMs, they are inherently inaccurate. Dead innocents generate lifelong enemies.
Airstrikes also rely on good intel, and that means friendlies on the ground in most counterinsurgency situations.