Sean Renaud
The West Coast Pop
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We should have stayed in Iraq because that was the right thing to do for our national interests, dumbass. We wouldn't have near the problems we have now with ISIS and other radicals if we had kept our forces there. And fuck what the Iraqis wanted. Do you think the Germans and Japanese wanted us in their countries after WWII?
Ultimately they are not the same situation. Germany and Japan were and are both countries with largely homogeneous populations. We didn't stay in Germany/Japan to keep them from falling to chaos. We stayed so we could eliminate their militaries to a large degree and prevent round three.
Iraq by contrast was always going to fall apart the moment we left because it's not meant to be a country to begin with. You're right of course we wouldn't have the "problems" we have with ISIS if we'd stayed. Instead of them mostly killing each other we'd still have our soldiers over there. Which I suppose would be good for them.