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Iraq's Maliki Government Requested US Air Strikes - Denied

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wrenchwench6/12/2014 1:04:11 pm PDT

re: #182 klys

At some point, we have to respect the right of people to make their own decisions. A whole bunch of them clearly decided they don’t want to fight for their country, for whatever set of reasons.

Why should we?

I’m certainly not saying we should, but that was not exactly a democratic vote. The ones who walked may have been wearing the uniform as a job, and may not even feel like it IS their country, or that they aren’t getting paid enough to die for it, or knew their government wouldn’t have their backs, or any number of other scenarios.