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by thatswrong0 1763 days ago
Ok cool, that doesn't help our current predicament though.

Why on earth isn't our military engaging on these missions officially?

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Because our military engaging in missions in the Middle East is exactly what started this mess in the first place.
The least we could do after fucking things up so badly in the region is assist our allies in the region to safety. If you don't see the difference between starting an endless war and stopping it while keeping our allies safe, I don't know what to tell you.
I do see the difference between the two things, you just clearly have more trust in the military than I do.

Why would you expect our attempt to unfuck things (assist our allies in the region) to go any better than our initial push? What makes you think that wouldn't just fuck up things worse than they already are?

> Why on earth isn't our military engaging on these missions officially?

Likely because Biden doesn’t have the cajones to approve something like this in an official capacity because he’s too scared of the fallout if it goes south.

This is the same guy that advised President Obama against launching the mission that killed Bin Laden: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/12/barack-obama...

I would have advised the same thing. And advised prosecuting everybody involved in the torture regime, including those who also ended up involved in this attack.

Also, "cajones" isn't a word.