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Don’t be ridiculous. Nobody should be bombed back into the Stone Age. Iran should, though, just say sorry they shot it down by accident because they thought it was Americans trying to attack them, and then pay financial compensation to the families of the dead. That is typically what happens...

In many cases Muslim misdeeds (including but not limited to terrorism) in the West aren’t directly the result of some particularly American policy or action, but more often are broadly the consequence of radicalization that has been exacerbated by our activities in the region, the reactions to...

This is in large part true, though I would contend that our military adventurism and interference in the region in the other big cause of terrorism. Of, some of the people who are the most hawkish about Islamic countries are also the ones who insist that it’s the epitome of evil for Western...

So let’s say that we do have an engagement with Iran where we lose no American soldiers, destroy their military, and generally stomp them into the ground effortlessly. Killing, of course, many thousands of Iranians in the process and dealing a terrible blow to their economy. Then in a decade...

Yes, this. I hate to say it, but the Americans are the bad guys here. We have been the bad guys there for decades and our policies there have lead to millions of deaths, trillions of dollars wasted, tens of millions left destitute or turned into refugees, and a world that justifiably hates us...

My opinion is the opposite of many here. I think that this was a terrible action and a fundamental betrayal of Trump’s campaign rhetoric about putting America first. Just another in a long line of terrible actions the USA has taken in the region that will result in lost lives, lost treasure, and...