re: #140 Salamantis

It was also in our national security interest. We needed to end the conflagration, for fear that it would spread and destabilize the rest of Europe, because when that happens, it costs the US dearly in blood and treasure. Fascism never seems to stay where it starts.

And Iraq was in our national security interest, and that was shouted-down by the Left.

The IMMEDIATE concern was not there, it was long term. The interventions were needed, but Clinton hung the wrong reasons on it.