Quote:we invaded the country and bombed the hell out of their capital... his point was "we should not have been there", then next point is "once there, we should at least take something" common sense


i dont think you understand how we're fighting this war over there. somehow you think its ok to bomb with air strikes and kill thousands of innocents, arm "moderate" rebels who may use weapons against us... but securing oil... OH NO WE CANT HAVE THAT

Quote:ISIS receives funding through the oil trade, oil which they procured after we abandoned a destabilized Iraq. Donald Trump said if we would have guarded the oil, since the Iraqi military obviously cant, then ISIS would have never grown to the level it is today.


If we would have never invaded Iraq, and Saddam still controlled the oil, we wouldn't have to worry about a rogue terror organization gaining control. The counter-argument here is that instead of a rogue terror organization, we would have an authoritative dictator in charge, but it is widely debated as to which is worse: Saddam's rule of Iraq with an iron fist, or the extremely violent and international terror organization ISIS.