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[–] therealkrispy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
McCain is a shit, I wouldn't even pretend to say otherwise. That being said, there's a shitty way we can take out Assad, Iran and North Korea, a way that would take decades. That's how he wants to do it.
But just because the tactics we've applied since WWII have been to maximize the time we spend overseas at war doesn't mean the people we've fought were good people. ISIS will disappear overnight if we remove the CIA from power and take away their ability to run operations. They're an intelligence agency, that doesn't mean they're a black bag ops agency.
When we win a war, we should keep the land. They should get the Puerto Rico treatment with an emphasis on no funding. By the end of it, the Middle East will be ours, half of Korea (maybe the whole thing) will be ours. We'll give the FBI the ability to operate there on people that we won't give Miranda rights. We'll take their oil.
But if you wanna do that right, you have to properly outfit our soldiers, dramatically increase their pay and pensions, fix the VA and increase the drone program. Once we've done all of that, I say we get in there in full force. No more nation building, let's just stake claims.
[–] Cheesebooger ago
Taking out Israel would be better McCain is Israels boy and those nuts are willing to fight to the last goy
[–] therealkrispy ago
Honestly, I think we should just conquer the Middle East. We get the oil, Israel and Jordan can split the region diagonally. I really don't care.