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It was in the best interests of the government, because it could then say that the war is being won.  The voters are getting a little bit impatient with this war that was supposed to have been over in less than six months.




What the white house says, and what it actually wants are often two different things.  Never take at face value what a politician says.





So, our presence is required to protect the rest of the world?  Who anointed us the world's cops?  How much longer can we afford to play that role?







Having a lot of military power is a deterrent.  As long as we have it, it is unlikely that anyone is going to mess with us.  The down side is that having a lot of power encourages the current CIC, whoever that might be, to use it, for example to invade a sovereign nation whose government we dislike, or to go fighting Communists in the rice paddies of SE Asia.  It is a two edged sword.




We'll never know whether or not you are right.


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