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I see it as the cycle of death. They want the US out and think blowing up things will make them leave. the US sees things blown up, but cannot accept the thought of leaving, so instead think that bringing more will prevent incidents. So they have more US soldiers to blow up. We send em over, they blow em up.
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The alternative is worse. If they believe their attempts at intimidation will work, they have
more incentive to use terrorism in the future, not less.
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But it seems like and endless cycle that cannot have and end.
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Only if you think in the short term. Compared to previous wars (Vietnam, Korea, and WWi and WWII), the losses we have suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan are very very small. So there is reason to believe we are making progress.
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I wish the oil would dry up so we could end this.
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It would not end because Oil is not the issue. Bosnia/Kosovo did not have Oil, yet we still acted there.