The only moral brake to American involvement in foreign wars since the Vietnam generation left military service has been the threat (however well-managed) to US soldiers' lives. Take that out of the equation and a state of permanent transnational war becomes sustainable forever.
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By what principle of international law America is allowed to fly drones and target civilians in Somalia, but Yemen can't fly drones and blow up Christian extremists in Kentucky, is never articulated.
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People are being equally credulous about there being no more American military presence in Afghanistan. The night vision walk of shame photo was propaganda, not reality.https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1432828789285953536 …
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gotta spread those military eggs into other baskets.
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Those hellfires aren’t going to launch themselves after all. I hope?
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the theory is sound: first, we terrorize the population with drone warfare, driving them to join whatever militant groups oppose us. eventually, any presence we have on the ground becomes politically untenable and the terrorists (us) are forced to leave
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classic anti-terrorism cycle
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