Reply #85: Those aerial missions is what I and the American Legion were referring to.

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To become a member of the American Legion, you must have served active duty during times of official combat. And anyone who has served in the military after the liberation of Kuwait qualifies for American Legion membership because of that action in Iraq.

Do you know why the Arabs kept looking to the United States to mediate the Palestinian situation?

The UK and France "liberated" the Arabs from the Turks, but actually stayed on as conquerors. The Germans "liberated" the Arabs from the UK and France, but actually stayed on as conquerors. The UK and France "liberated".... You get the point.

However, there was one country that occasionally interacted with the Arabs in the Middle East and always left afterwards: the United States of America. That is why they trusted us in the I-P thing. That is why they trusted in the first war against Iraq.

Staying behind after the first Iraqi war destroyed that trust among a lot of them. In the first war against Iraq, only but one Arab nation supported the United States. In the second war against Iraq, zero Arab nations supported the United States.


Now, I have given you my reasons why I believe it was a mistake to remain in Iraq. What are your reasons for believing it was a good idea?