A little slight of hand here. Afghanistan is not the Middle East, neither is Somalia, North Africa and other regions where Americans have been killed in combat. The question should be "Is it cheaper to fight islamic jihadis inside our country" wsj.com/articles/the-m…
It is hard to think that live in an era where America's enemies promise not to kill us so much if we bugger off. nytimes.com/2020/01/16/wor…
We didn't attack Iran because CNN and then our military insisted Iran "missed on purpose" cdn.defenseone.com/a/defenseone/i…
In late Dec 2019 Trump poo poo'd the idea that North Korea would launch missiles at Christmas because he is pals with RocketMan and "he is a man of his word". NoKo not only shot one off on New Years but announced they would resume testing missiles in 2020.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/n…
America's foreign policy is the result of inaction by us (with plenty of tough talk and then reversals) and then action by others in that vacuum. A recipe for war by those who smell fear and confusion. Not a hawk but I am watching Turkey, Russia, and China will fill that gap
Turning U.S. troops into mercenaries, or even Ghurkas or Sepoys to fight other people's wars is the opposite of what the American military was created to do. This links back to the "Dick and Jane" history lesson Mattis was trying to give Trump. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Israel, Saudia Arabia and the Emirates expect us to rescue them when Iran or their populations or neighbors rise up. Something put forward in 1996 by among others, David Wurmser and Douglas Feith both work in the current administration. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_B…
We are seeing this idea of the US overthrowing regimes in the Middle East still being carried forward in 2020... almost a quarter of a century later. Contrast this with Trump's hollow bellicosity and you have a recipe for disaster. Worth a read. dougfeith.com/docs/Clean_Bre…
