(October 29, 2015 at 7:14 am)Rhythm Wrote:(October 28, 2015 at 7:03 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: You're talking about military expenditure in training another nations army as if it were the same thing as military expenditure on aggressive maneuvers.
Whether the reason for the initial force was justified or not; it happened. Leaving them with an untrained military to deal with the resulting discord would be a death sentence and likely give rise to further conflicts. Whether the attempt worked or not; doing nothing was not an option.
Hence "may as well have spent that money elsewhere"......eh?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Its not news however.
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