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The area is very volatile. It's dangerous over there. It is obviously not his fault that this horrible thing happened to him, but Americans need to return home to safety.
I hope those cowards meet the business end of a M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. Nah, screw that, that death would be too fast. I say just put em on a boat and drop em off in the middle of the Atlantic. Let em die slowly over a period of days.
About 10 years ago, the US invaded Iraq based on a few people's lies, even though no American lives were in danger.
Since then, trillion dollars wasted, thousands of lives sacrificed.
For what? Not sure.
Now, gruesome murders of two Americans and a few more lives threatened, what is the US doing now?
I am not saying "go to war" now, particularly because out last episode of "going-to-war" went sour. We are just too tired. Thanks a lot, Mr. Bush.
Still, shouldn't there be any counter-measure of some sort? I normally don't like Israelis' approach to "killing 10 enemies for one of us killed," but a milder version may be OK--like killing 2-3 enemies for one of us killed. The point is, if you are attacked, attack back. HARD. Until they know it.
Forget international collaboration stuff, you have less reason to be diplomatic when American lives are directly on their gunpoint (worse, under their knife blades).
If you look at it from the "It's Bush's fault" angle, you can also say the same for Obama. He pulled the troops out of Iraq and ISIS immediately spread across the country like wildfire. I didn't want the troops staying over there either, but everyone knew this was going to happen. They were counting on the Iraqi's to be strong enough to put down an organized insurgency, which was completely unrealistic.
If you look at it from the "It's Bush's fault" angle, you can also say the same for Obama. He pulled the troops out of Iraq and ISIS immediately spread across the country like wildfire. I didn't want the troops staying over there either, but everyone knew this was going to happen. They were counting on the Iraqi's to be strong enough to put down an organized insurgency, which was completely unrealistic.
"As the war progressed from its initial invasion phase in 2003 to a nearly decade-long occupation, American public opinion shifted towards favoring a troop withdrawal; in May 2007, 55% of Americans believed that the Iraq War was a mistake, and 51% of registered voters favored troop withdrawal."
"in 2008 George W. Bush signed the U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement. It included a deadline of 31 December 2011, before which "all the United States Forces shall withdraw from all Iraqi territory"
"As the war progressed from its initial invasion phase in 2003 to a nearly decade-long occupation, American public opinion shifted towards favoring a troop withdrawal; in May 2007, 55% of Americans believed that the Iraq War was a mistake, and 51% of registered voters favored troop withdrawal."
"in 2008 George W. Bush signed the U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement. It included a deadline of 31 December 2011, before which "all the United States Forces shall withdraw from all Iraqi territory"
Orrrrrr, maybe American non-combatants can just keep their nose out of that area and refrain from getting in the middle of it all since journalist obviously doesn't matter.
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