(July 24, 2018 at 1:47 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(July 24, 2018 at 1:45 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: And what exactly did we get in return for that expenditure? The inability to discourage Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and hamstringing our ability to influence the behavior and policy of foreign powers going forward from this date. If you think that's a sound return on our "investment," then you're a fucking moron.
We don't need to be influencing the behavior and policy of foriegn powers. That's been a failed policy of the US for decades.
All nations try to influence other nations. Most nations do not station troops in 140+ countries to do it. Subtle difference.