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Originally Posted by rubecube
Haha, you have to be kidding me. Darfur? Rwanda? ISIS exists because of the West's continuous involvement (illegally in many cases) in middle Eastern affairs. It's ridiculous that at our solutions to problems created by Western combat missions is more combat missions.
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Completely agree.
ISIS is terrible, but I don't see how anyone can argue that the West played a huge role in their rise. Has there been any talk of what the end game is here? If ISIS is defeated, does the west just leave? What if someone worse fills the power vacuum?
How many times has the west illegally intervened into the affairs of sovereign nations since the end of WW2? Is Iran better off for our involvement? Is Iraq? How have all the West-assisted coups in South America worked out?
I think now might be a time to step back and really question if military intervention is the way to go here. At the very least, can we just stop pretending that the reasons are completely altruistic?