Quote Originally Posted by blumpkin blownuts View Post
and helping them stand up to threats from tyrant mullahs, and training them to defend their homeland, and building them free infrastructure? preparing them to rid their own country of terrorists so we don't have to impinge on their traditional lifestyles again to keep our own interest safe?
our efforts in the middle east may not have realistic expectations, but they have honorable intentions
indeed
though i am generally a kidna liberal guy (primarily socially) i will forever argue that military itnerventions are justified when they remove threats to the US/its allies and/or crazy dictators. in this case, both. if u want clarification on why i belive this, look up Christopher Hitchens' debat with his brother where he explains why he supproted the wars. he puts it better than i can