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In reply to the discussion: Why is obama continuing Bush's Iraq war debacle? I voted for him to end that war. He lied. [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)They are there in order to be able to keep their claim on resources they pillaged from the Iraq war once all the fighting is (somewhat) over. If they allowed other nations, to fight and win, there may be less influence, (less open-eared leadership to bribe).
This is really a tribal fight between Muslims. And it could be over fairly quickly if so-called "moderate" Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia actually wanted to win it faster. SA has 500,000 soldiers. ISIS has 20,000. Even Iran, under its more moderate President, is on the side of the coalition to fight ISIS, and they also have a formidable armed forces. Then there is Egypt, now a fierce anti-extremist military regime who could also send troops. Turkey could send more. ISIS could be overwhelmed fairly quickly by strictly Muslim countries.
I fear there must be a reason why powers that be want it to drag out. It supports the MIC, and it galvanizes allyship (?) with SA as a moderate state in comparison. It creates an "other" enemy to focus on to distract citizens from things like the TPP.