Perspective on Iran

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

Who says building Iraq into a "proper nation" was high on our list after we eliminated them as a threat to their Middle Eastern neighbors and to a lesser extent Europe? They are no longer a threat to anyone, nor will they have the capability to be a threat to anyone, except themselves, for a very long time. The basic intent of the mission was accomplished. Iraq/Saddam will not be bothering anyone for quite some time.

are you kidding? they weren't a threat until we armed them through the teeth to fight russians for us the first time.

the afghans wouldn't be breeding terror or the taliban has we not abandoned them many years ago after they got rid of their russian problem.

every time we meddle it seems to come back on us because of how quickly we lose interest in doing whats right for anyone besides ourselves (and then, we only care in the short term, as has been made pretty obvious).

if we pull out, you get a power vacuum, an anti-american government (probably dictatorial in nature) and the opposite of good will, since we'll have no relations and a population there remembering how they were abandoned).

i mean, they tell stories of the crusades like they happened yesterday. they can hold a grudge, and only time and willingness to look beyond the immediate is going to ever fix that. otherwise we'll be going broke sending in the troops every 10 years to fix the "immediate" threat over and over again while hoping they never figure out how to get nukes or some such to fight back with.