Originally Posted by Rochard

I heard that last night: "Our troops deserve the best". LOL.

Right now what we are doing is best for our troops. I do love it when American troops are deployed in combat, but we cannot engage ourselves in a never ending war where Americans are getting killed and it never ends. The truth is we put boots on the ground, it's messy, it's expensive, Americans get killed, and we have limited results. We have better results with us bombing them and having local troops on the ground.

At the same time, we need to think about what is best for the local population. Having American boots on the ground constantly pissing off the locals isn't good. Instead, have their own local troops handle this as much as possible. We need a long term solution, not going in guns blazing.

Trump isn't our Commander in Chief. He has no clue when it comes to military matters. At all.