Reply #8: The thing is we can't "fix" anything in the region, not by using the military

[MadHound]

As we've seen in Vietnam, as we're seeing in Iraq now, it doesn't matter what we do, how much money and manpower we pour in, nothing, none of that matters because when we pull out, whenever that is, anything we touch, from the PM on down, is going to be considered illegit by the local people and they will tear it down, violently.

All we're doing by staying over there is making matters worse. With every civilian we kill, with every bomb we drop, we are making things worse.

It is time to stop the bleeding, cut our losses and get out. Yes, there will be a period of initial, purging bloodshed, but as I said that is going to happen no matter what. So get it done now and leave the area in peace.