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Originally Posted by Mutt
Well this is 20/20 hindsight - I know the motivation for the war on Iraq was far from altruistic but the US at the same time did want to nation build there, help the Iraqis govern themselves in some form of democratic style religious state. The American public wailed to get US troops out of there, it was way to soon to leave, and now look what the Iraqis are dealing with.
ISIL isn't the people, they are sick twisted fucks masquerading as Muslims.
The scary part is they're taking on a hip/cool image the way LA gangs did 30 years ago and there are tons of angry alienated young males in Western countries joining their movement.
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Ten years and billions of dollars is plenty of time - it was time for us to leave.
The problem is they view society and their neighbors differently than we do. We do not care what nationality or religion our neighbor or store keeper is, but for them it means everything. They cannot visit a shop owned by someone of a different religion, or do business with them, or be friendly neighbors. Imagine being over qualified for a job and not getting it because you pray to a different god, or a different version of their god, or no god at all?
Society will never be "one size fits all". Until they accept this, they will always be backwards.