Jaicee said:
So why didn't we fight our own war against ISIS then? Why did we have the Kurdish people fight it for us before abandoning them to be killed? Or were we supposed to do nothing about ISIS and just let them do whatever they wanted to anyone they wanted anywhere they wanted, including here in this country? Also, our military assistance in the SDF's fight against ISIS was directly requested by them. We weren't just imposing ourselves on the region. Also also, those U.S. troops in Northern Syria aren't "coming home", as Trump has claimed on Twitter. They're being redeployed to other parts of the Middle East that you might say require them less, so... |
Yes. I'm tired of this subtle form of empire-building we've constantly been engaged in for decades. Not that I'm advocating for total isolationism but we're stretching ourselves too thin, spending billions on our military which is fighting these endless wars abroad, and at what cost? It's good to keep ISIS in check of course, but there are always going to be malignant elements across the world - it's an endless battle, and I'm sick of the US sticking their nose in everything. It's largely our foreign policy, wars, CIA-sponsored coups, etc which leads to the destabilization of nations and cause the blowback (and thus terrorist groups) that often occur in the first place.
Well yeah, Trump's little better, but hopefully he's at least better prioritizing troop deployment. I don't know enough about that topic so I can't comment there. But what I do know is that us meddling in foreign affairs, starting wars, and overthrowing governments only to install our own pro-US dictators, causes a lot more harm than good in the long run.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident - all men and women created by the, go-you know.. you know the thing!" - Joe Biden
