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"The Middle East Isn't Worth it Anymore" WSJ featured opinion piece
Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:40 pm
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Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:45 pm to I B Freeman
I’m sorry, but I must downvote this thread out of principle
Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:49 pm to I B Freeman
The politicians funneling money and CIA growing drugs disagrees with you.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 12:50 pm to I B Freeman
All the major publications have cowardly removed comments sections from their articles. There is a bunch of retarded statements in this article, despite the overall premise being mostly correct
quote:also, frick off China shill
I B Freeman
This post was edited on 1/18/20 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 1/18/20 at 3:49 pm to narddogg81
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retarded statements
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I B Freeman
Checks out
Posted on 1/19/20 at 8:28 am to I B Freeman
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:11 am to FeauxPaw
President Jefferson, the Ottoman Empire is causing trouble off the Barbary Coast. Shall we deploy the Marines?
From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
Defending American interests abroad, brought to you by the author of the Declaration.
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 9:16 am
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:12 am to I B Freeman
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I agree 100% with the author.
Read that yesterday. Good article.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:15 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I’m sorry, but I must downvote this thread out of principle
Sadly it's where we're at with IB Chinaman, dude may actually have a valid point but he's destroyed his posting reputation so he's an auto down vote.....sad.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 9:54 am to AggieHank86
What interests are we defending, currently, in Afghanistan?
Posted on 1/19/20 at 10:27 am to AggieHank86
quote:Fair point.
Defending American interests abroad, brought to you by the author of the Declaration.
I would have no objection to the US deploying an identical number of active duty servicemen to the region as we did to resolve that conflict, but not one soldier more.
First Barbary War
quote:
The turning point in the war was the Battle of Derna (April–May 1805). Ex-consul William Eaton, a former Army captain who used the title of "general", and US Marine Corps 1st Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon led a force of eight U.S. Marines and five hundred mercenaries—Greeks from Crete, Arabs, and Berbers on a march across the desert from Alexandria, Egypt, to capture the Tripolitan city of Derna. This was the first time the United States flag was raised in victory on foreign soil. The action is memorialized in a line of the Marines' Hymn—"the shores of Tripoli".The capturing of the city gave American negotiators leverage in securing the return of hostages and the end of the war.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 10:33 am to FearlessFreep
quote:Your quote excludes the sailors and Marines on the most-powerful flotilla operating in the Med at the time, including ALL three of our largest capital ships.
I would have no objection to the US deploying an identical number of active duty servicemen to the region as we did to resolve that conflict, but not one soldier more.
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 10:36 am
Posted on 1/19/20 at 10:51 am to AggieHank86
quote:None of whom apparently set foot on the shores of Tripoli.
Your quote excludes the sailors and Marines on the most-powerful flotilla operating in the Med at the time, including ALL three of our largest capital ships.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 12:00 pm to FeauxPaw
quote:
What interests are we defending, currently, in Afghanistan?
Because if we pull out (like Obama did in Iraq) an extremist American/west hating group with resources pulls in and eventually brings that shite to the homeland (see 9/11).
The people that think we won't pay a price for departing that hell hole are naive as frick.
China and Russia would have no problem rolling up in there throwing shite around and controlling the territory for military and economic advancement.
Isolationist USA gives a lot of bad people a pass.
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 1/19/20 at 12:33 pm to I B Freeman
As an actual conservative, totally agree. Burning tax dollars like firewood.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 1:01 pm to tiggerthetooth
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The people that think we won't pay a price for departing that hell hole are naive as frick.
China and Russia would have no problem rolling up in there throwing shite around and controlling the territory for military and economic advancement.
Isolationist USA gives a lot of bad people a pass.
Bunch of crap in that quote.
Define "bad" people.
Why would anyone that has read anything on the history of the region think that either China or Russia would want to "control" the territory or be capable of controlling the "territory?
Posted on 1/19/20 at 1:15 pm to tiggerthetooth
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China and Russia would have no problem rolling up in there throwing shite around and controlling the territory for military and economic advancement.
Good. Then they can do it.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 1:20 pm to I B Freeman
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Define "bad" people.
China
Russia
Are you saying the communist dictatorship of China and Putin aren't bad?
Posted on 1/19/20 at 1:21 pm to biglego
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Good. Then they can do it.
And then the US loses out on a lot of economic protections they have across the world. The military isn't just there to plant American flags.
And our enemies organize themselves into dominance while the US remains in their cave blind to everything going on.
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 1:24 pm
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