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In reply to the discussion: If you want to have a good idea of how the Iranians will react [View all]Crunchy Frog
(26,581 posts)Just like the "unforeseen" consequences of our cakewalk in Iraq?
If we really care about threats to our service personnel, we need to stop allowing idiotic, violent thugs into our White House. If we fail at that, then ever more people on all sides are going to continue to die, and any individual that we "take out" won't make a particle of difference.
Back 17 years ago, we blundered into Iraq and left it so destabilized that all kinds of outside influences, from Iran to al-Qaeda, were able to move in and exercise major influence when they had never been in there before.
Consequences for our own bad choices happen.
Edited because I saw your post suggesting you've seen combat. I respect your service, and don't want to attack you. I just want people to see the bigger picture.