(04-14-2018, 10:09 PM).JackCity Wrote:

(04-14-2018, 09:47 PM)B2hibry Wrote: 24+ years in America’s military would hardly be blind nationalism. So your stance is that the U.S. should go back to isolationism? Countries, regardless if party to chemical weapons bans should be free to carry out gas attacks against their own people and against international norms? Can’t imagine what a stand up country and populace that would be. If we butt out, maybe Syria wil cease to exist in another 7 years. Generational purge complete and problem solved huh?

No? Military experience alone wouldn't be evidence of your objectivity when it comes to the US military and their affairs abroad.  

Yeah America ideally would stop invading foreign territory , stopping meddling in the democratic affairs of other countries, stop killing civilians abroad , stop playing god , end/limit Americas military-industry complex. Not going to happen but ideally it would. 

You need to stop pretending that everything the US does abroad is noble and ultimately for a good cause.

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(04-14-2018, 09:36 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: You talk as if it's exclusively America pushing this agenda when the UK and France are pushing as hard or harder.

Ah yes, innocent little America abroad. Those bold boys UK and France made them do it! 

I don't agree with the UK or France at all. Quite the contrary in fact.

When your privy to information that most aren’t and understand the intricacies of how these types of mission are formulated you’d understand how naive and general your comments are. America isn’t perfect but when you have the resources and ability should you not take a from the front role? You act as though the military is just itching to go an attack someone regardless of life. We are human beings that just so happen to have a profession that is largely seen as the nations security. The piece you don’t see or hear about is that we are by and large global humanitarians first. We are all over the world providing healthcare, food, water, shelter, infrastructure, nation building, etc. 

I don’t NEED to stop anything. Must suck going through life looking at the negative and bad in everything, like someone is out to get you. If you can’t find the good and necessary in this action, perhaps you should reevaluate life choices and thoughts on humanity.

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(04-15-2018, 01:48 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Seriously?  Has no one dropped the "Operation Desert Stormy" joke in here yet??

Which one? The “there are no Americans here” with M1 Abrams rolling behind Iraqi Defense Minister press conference or the no WMD, we are just there for oil?

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