Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Why did America intervene in Ukraine and Iraq?
Obviously, it's for economic reasons. Nothing else.America doesn't give 2 shits about Folley, Sorloff, or any victims of their so-called wars.
PS: I'm on neither's side, but US should stop colonizing other countries for their financial gain.
Workout their trade routes, explore other resources for profit, etc.
That's where the gov't should be spending their revenue on, not on bio-chemical weapons testing on Fallujah.
I would think that the people who actually beheaded the reporters deserve more of the blame and condemnation than the US government.
Calling Folley and Sorloff "victims" of "America's wars" is all kinds of stupid. Full stop. They're victims of bandits with a radical ideology who are trying to wage psychological warfare through acts of brutality.
Once again: but for ISIS themselves, no one in Iraq is sorry that America is getting involved with airstrikes. To stop those airstrikes just to save the life of one reporter (assuming it worked) would be pointless because it would have meant the deaths of hundreds of Kurds, Shi'ites, and members of religious minorities. Before American air power was brought to bear ISIS was slowly grinding down the Peshmerga, and the Iraqi Army was powerless to roll back their advances.
If America hadn't gotten involved, someone else would have, likely Iran, and no one wants to see a messy Iranian ground invasion of Iraq.