re: #12 Great White Snark

But you said you were comfortable raising taxes on the 1% to fund something like this. Why not to fund additional programs here at home that would help resolve crises that have been going on for far longer than Daesh has been in the picture, and with much more direct impact on the day to day lives on Americans here?

I point out that when dealing with the situation with Kuwait, we were dealing with a defined force, backed by a sovereign country recognized by others. Not terrorists.

A better analogy to this situation would be, in my opinion, to look to the dealing with Hamas or Hezbollah. Or AQ. The Taliban.

None of these comparisons make me want to support our direct involvement in the form of boots on the ground.