Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
The short version is that the US is (jointly) responsible for every tin-pot dictator in the Middle East since you overthrew the Iranian government the first time.
Every? Care to name a couple? Because I can sure as hell name a few who came to power without US involvement.

You fear the deaths of American citizens enough to commit war crimes to prevent them - your enemies do not fear the deaths of Muslims, and they probably don't fear their own deaths as much as you fear yours.
That makes them eager to die, so let us oblige them! (yes, I stole that phrase from M2TW)

That is what you do not understand - theses people are willing to sacrifice more than you do, even though they have less to give.
Then they should be given the opportunity to do so.

They are special - they have nukes.
That doesn't make them special. That just means that we cannot allow the Taliban to take over the country. Beyond that, they may slowly rot for all I care.