There goes the neighborhood - Tunisia Edition

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

Thanks for the information that we justify killing thousands of innocent civilians just because they're located in the wrong part of the world. And not to help take down a brutal dictator. And that we shoot everything in sight when we do so.

It's not the people killing over a movie they don't like, that are the problem. We are the problem.

If we accept the random killing, ethnic cleansing, driving people of a certain religion out of their homes, and burning of churches, is our fault, things will be better. We'll be in better standing and safety......... "abusive husbands" syndrome indeed.

congrats on misreading this thread and missing the point.

Taking down brutal dictators or those that target americans isn't something i'm against. it's the willingness to flush thousands of non combatants in the crossfire that i'm seeing in these threads thats the issue. the only point i've been making is that killing the wrong people doesn't help anyone.

we did that in vietnam, and it didn't help us there. it's happened quite a bit in iraq and afghanistan and it just makes it harder to "win" or accomplish the mission or whatever when you say "hey, we're here to help" right before you blow up the wrong town.

the "wars" or conflicts or whatever you want to call them against non nation states requires a LOT of intel and discipline in targetting or you end up taking two steps foward and three steps back. which just lets you pile up bodies and further bad will. fighting to fight is nice and all, but if you're not moving towards the end game, you're losing.

again, my point is simply that going in and killing whoever "just cause" doesn't work or help us in the long run. trust me, it's been done. and it has nothing to do with hugging trees.