Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   A joint decision Date:   12/21/2018 4:41:38 PM

I never thought the Iraq invasion was smart or necessary.  It obviously played havoc with the balance of power in that region.  While not the majority, there are those in the area who are "on our side" and doing things like what Trump wants to remove from Syria gives those groups at least a chance to keep the bad ones at bay.  As I understand it our troops were teaching and arming the good guys so they can hold the others at bay.  

It may be that in times past the vast oceans to our east and west and friendly neighbors north and south gave the US a certain geographic advantage.  Not true any more.  And our immigration policies aren't responsible for the terrorist training camps in Afghanistan before we got involved there.  

Let's agree to disagree.  Embracing isolationism may delay the inevitable but when the hammer does fall we as a country would be truly sorry we didn't keep the fight "over there".