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<blockquote data-quote="MLRyan" data-source="post: 1698877" data-attributes="member: 17837"><p>Nice article. I agree with it for the most part. I'm for taking bad people out of power, but I'm definitely against nation building and occupying foreign lands. The Middle East has been a cluster**** for decades and the US of Azz kicking's involvement has hurt more than helped. We trained some of the terrorist groups we're fighting now back in the '70s. We sold arms to Saddam to fight Iran. I'll use Cambodia as an example of US foreign policy. When the Khmer Rouge first became an insurgency we dropped 500,000 tons(look it up) of ordnance on behalf of the Cambodian government. Estimates are around 300,000 killed. The Khmer Rouge was estimated at around 10,000 strong. After that we pulled out, the Khmer Rouge used our bombing as an excuse to recruit, the Killing Fields happened, then we helped out later. We used a similar technique in the Middle East until 9/11. Sorry for the rant, just an example. I'm young too(25) so I still have some learning to do.</p><p></p><p>Keep the articles coming, you're a good writer. Since you asked for military opinions, I'm currently a SSgt in the USAF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MLRyan, post: 1698877, member: 17837"] Nice article. I agree with it for the most part. I'm for taking bad people out of power, but I'm definitely against nation building and occupying foreign lands. The Middle East has been a cluster**** for decades and the US of Azz kicking's involvement has hurt more than helped. We trained some of the terrorist groups we're fighting now back in the '70s. We sold arms to Saddam to fight Iran. I'll use Cambodia as an example of US foreign policy. When the Khmer Rouge first became an insurgency we dropped 500,000 tons(look it up) of ordnance on behalf of the Cambodian government. Estimates are around 300,000 killed. The Khmer Rouge was estimated at around 10,000 strong. After that we pulled out, the Khmer Rouge used our bombing as an excuse to recruit, the Killing Fields happened, then we helped out later. We used a similar technique in the Middle East until 9/11. Sorry for the rant, just an example. I'm young too(25) so I still have some learning to do. Keep the articles coming, you're a good writer. Since you asked for military opinions, I'm currently a SSgt in the USAF. [/QUOTE]
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