re: Airstrike killed an estimated 70 Isis militants with 47 Tomahawk missiles

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I'm not going to defend the stupidity and illegalities that characterized the Vietnam War.

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The point is the stupidity and illegalities of fourteen years in Mesopotamia along with what should be very little national interest far outweigh the stupidity of Vietnam.

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We lost roughly 58,000 soldiers for an ultimately futile cause in Vietnam. Good luck arguing that was less of a waste than our current affairs in Mesopotamia.

Don't take that as a wholehearted endorsement of our activities in the latter, however.