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Avoiding the Wars That Never End

Jeffrey286 Wrote: Jan 20, 2013 8:28 PM
I can't disagree with Mr. Friedman's ideas. The US can not war against radical Islam continuously and unilaterally. We have to allow our allies, in some cases even push our allies, to engage the enemy themselves and aid in the war. Like with the French in Mali right now, and to a lesser degree in Syria and Libya, we should provide intel when and where we can and provide forces when absolutely necessary. All foreign aide should immediately be stopped to any country using Sharia Law. Islamic nations, in some way, should be held responsible for terrorists born/educated/radicalized in those nations The US should seek energy independence denying Arab/Muslim nations those oil dollars and making their lives that much more difficult.

Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States would transfer the primary responsibility for combat operations in Afghanistan to the Afghan military in the coming months, a major step toward the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Also last week, France began an intervention in Mali designed to block jihadists from taking control of the country and creating a base of operations in France's former African colonies.

The two events are linked in a way that transcends the issue of Islamist insurgency and points to a larger geopolitical shift. The United States is not just drawing down its combat...

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