Comments on: Globocop https://didacticmind.com/2014/10/globocop.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Midknight https://didacticmind.com/2014/10/globocop.html#comment-3950 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:43:28 +0000 #comment-3950 I agree – we should not be policeman for the world. That said – it's a pretty large gray area, because we need to protect our own interests, and they are everywhere. Simply protecting the sea lanes makes us de-facto world police, even if we only do it for us, and makes trade easier for everyone.

Personally, I was wrong about the viability of nation building, but going into Kuwait was a matter of protecting access to our own resources, and not FINISHING the war with Iraq is what got us mired there as the perpetual target and scapegoat for the radicals. Then taking that mantle, we tried to rebuild the place the second time around.

Somehow the lessons of previous settled wars – FINISH the damn thing, conclusively, then walk away or help at their behest, were lost. We dragged an ugly and pointless non effective cease-fire for over a decade. We showed yet again we weren't willing to commit to success, we finally went in again, and finally did win, we tried to run the place OUR way instead of walking back out with "and play nice or we'll be back"

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