OK … it’s time to leave the Middle East
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Cost benefit analysis for the interventions in …

• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan

Too much cost. Not enough benefit.

In the so-called, War on Terror, it’s time to bring home all troops from all nations. Phase out financial aid.

Arab Muslim nations find their own way. Sink or swim. They are not ready, collectively, for western style democracy.

If you’ve followed this blog, you know I’ve been a big defender of Islam, so often wrongly demonized.

But I’m pretty pissed off by this.

US ambassador to Libya killed in rocket attack

Chris Stevens was a good guy, legitimately trying to help the Libyan people. His motivation was not to “steal the oil”.

Chris Stevens is only one of hundreds of thousands killed over the past 10yrs. But he’s symbolic of how much of the Middle East is not ready for democracy. Not deserving of help from the West. Not valuing help from the West.

The large number of Iraqi people today preferred Saddam. They will have someone like him returned soon, I predict.

Also, the USA cannot afford to continue as policeman to the world. They don’t have the money.

The West should have no boots on the ground in the War on Terror. Instead use technology, including drones, to protect. The priority must be Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

I feel badly for innocents who will suffer when foreign invaders leave, but they may be better off — long term — than by continuing what we’re doing now.