Originally posted by Ostatedchi:
Originally posted by NeekReevers:
The best thing we can do is get out of that craphole and leave them to themselves. There is never going to be a time you can "leave" and everything be OK. You can either occupy it forever, or leave it and let them fight amongst themselves until one side kills the other side. I vote for the latter.
The only problem with this approach is that, if left alone, they'll start to attack US interests around the world and even domestically.
The answer is the Russian approach. You kill a Russian, Russia kills 10 of yours. If you attack a building, Russia attacks a city. Make the consequences of attacking US interests so punitive that they just don't do it any longer.
The other approach would be to simply ignore international borders and drop bombs on them and send in hit squads to tactically assassinate them as you find them.
But I think we are all in agreement that we need to be out of the nation building business.