Occam’s’ razor and all that. If the targets were supposed to be chemical weapons plants, then I can’t say that isn’t a bad target to hit. Unlike conventional violence where civilians are either caught in the middle or some times targeted, chemical weapons are indiscriminate.
But again, I am not 100% defending the action, but I can’t completely condemn it either. I think my over arching point is the action itself is something I can see us doing regardless of who is in the White House. But I do agree Trumps tweets and statements about it are atypical.
No you aren’t; it is a glitch that the BBS does sometimes.
That is a fair point, but blaming it on a hypothetical pipe line isn’t really doing that point any favors.
You know, you seem to champion the little guy a lot, so that statement rings rather harsh. Violence against political rivals is unacceptable. It isn’t just political rivals, but religious and cultural minorities who get disappeared, tortured, and killed as well. Of just persecuted and discriminated against.
You’re right, these authoritarian regimes are pleasantly stable enough for the West and others to deal with them. I have said many times in that past we are OK with dictators if they play ball. But even when I was at my most Machiavellian I am not sure I would support the idea of a brutal dictator is better than people trying to live under a different system because less people were being killed. I guess if fascism does actually take over here I should lay back and go with it, as it would be less messy.
That said, I agree that American Liberation isn’t the answer. I don’t know what the answer is. Actually, I sort of do. I propose having a mass sit down and redraw country lines based on the people who live there, not how it was divided up post colonialism. But that may not work either.
The stats I saw showed they had lost a lot more men and equipment on the Saudi side than the Yemenis, but they are also old figures so maybe they are doing much better. Better equipment won’t help you if you can’t use it unless ordered.
The Saudi build up s a double edged sword, because while they want to exert more military power, the strong the military the more capable a coup would be. Hence one of the reasons the Saudis have swung away some from the clerics (who they were appeasing with their stricter laws) and started a slow series of reforms. I read they are going to show Black Panther in actual theaters there.
