Hmmm, didn't we try that approach prior to WWII? Keep all the troops at home, don't get involved in "other people's" wars and all that jazz...Yep, that approach worked out fine right up until December 7th, 1941.
Where we in Iraq or Afghanistan prior to 9/11? Did our troops being home stop us from getting attacked and getting almost 3,000 of our people killed?
Just curious, how many successful foreign terrorist attacks have there been inside the United States post 9/11?
Maybe having troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has done some good after all? Could it be?
Originally Posted by DTorrchia
This is a very interesting comment, DT.
Are you saying because we didn't have troops occupying other countries, we got attacked at Pearl Harbor? That's what it reads like.
But then, you said our troops were home at the time of the 9/11 attack, which is what didn't prevent the attack? REALLY? How many tens of thousands of American troops were stationed around the globe at that time? How many on ships in the Indian Ocean? How many Air Force personnel based in nearby countries?
How many successful foreign terrorist attacks were carried out inside the US prior to 9/11?
You think this was about not having troops in Iraq and Afghanistan? Is this Urinalysis, er, your analysis?
Exactly WTF are you trying to say with this because it reads like stereo instructions...