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Old 01-18-2017, 02:19 PM   #26318
BishopMVP
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Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie View Post
Overthrowing governments ad nauseum in the Middle East has played a huge part in the destabilization of the area. Illegally invading Iraq and sending it into the chaos that it is still in, was reprehensible. Repeatedly going into countries, "peacekeeping," and leaving them in a mess has devastating long term effects. Killing civilians, especially via drone strikes outside of combat zones, is deplorable.
Overthrowing Saddam led to civilian deaths, but letting Assad stay in power shows exactly how letting a dictator reign also leads to civilian deaths. Unfortunately there's no easy answer, but blaming the U.S. military isn't one either. There's a whole plethora of people, even in the U.S. security apparatus, that are in line ahead of them.
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