re: #490 LudwigVanQuixote

Except that completely dodges the original point.

It isn’t about supporting the troops once deployed and the shit has started. It is about being more circumspect in wanting shit to start.

OK?

There was no reason to go into Iraq. NONE.

Because we went anyway, we now do not have the ability to do more than whine about the very real threat in Iran.

You hold a very popular view in the context of the day. This is a view that will be subject to historical review for more years than you or I will be alive I suspect.

Personally I think it is an early though seminal event in the ongoing upheaval in the ME for better or worse. This is a story that will be very long in the unfolding. The forces in play there are much larger than our military actions, larger than a nuclear Iran even. Who knows how this will all shake out? I know that I don’t and I don’t know anyone else that does either.

As for being emasculated in our response to Iran, how do you figure? The one does not necessarily follow the other. New administrations, new and more urgent threats, etc.

Tactically we are most likely capable of setting their program back for years at any time of our choosing.