Originally posted by Tzeentch
Well that's what we're doing with Saudi Arabia, isn't it?
As far as I know, the Saudis only do that to their own people and they keep it in their own sovereign country unlike ISIS who think that they can just get away with killing whoever they want wherever they want. Big difference. Especially since Americans have been among those killed which makes it personal for us.
Of course not but Saudi Arabia is a sovereign nation (unlike ISIS) and we can't just go and invade whoever we want whenever we feel like it just because we don't agree with how they live without suffering severe repercussions from the international community. If the UN approved of it then it might be ok but otherwise not a good idea.
Sometimes I think a "military exchange" program would do the US some good.
Have old time ally countries with who have a numerous/decent amount of ground troops but poor tech be trained and be armed with US old tech (w/c is still pretty high tech to these countries) and then deployed to these countries for a limited (but goal based) engagement. Then, in exchange, receive considerable aid in the form of military hardware. Third worlds that are known to be friendly to the US with a sizable but poorly-geared military.
Solves the "no troops on the ground" problem as well as the "let's not arm potential future enemies" problem, lower costs as well as help out known allies (who have a good record with being an ally to the US) with better tech to solve their own military problems. The Philippines come to mind. Lol.
Just spitballing, tho. Not sure if it sounds at all absurd... :-p
Originally posted by Nibedicus
Sometimes I think a "military exchange" program would do the US some good.Have old time ally countries with who have a numerous/decent amount of ground troops but poor tech be trained and be armed with US old tech (w/c is still pretty high tech to these countries) and then deployed to these countries for a limited (but goal based) engagement. Then, in exchange, receive considerable aid in the form of military hardware. Third worlds that are known to be friendly to the US with a sizable but poorly-geared military.
Solves the "no troops on the ground" problem as well as the "let's not arm potential future enemies" problem, lower costs as well as help out known allies (who have a good record with being an ally to the US) with better tech to solve their own military problems. The Philippines come to mind. Lol.
Just spitballing, tho. Not sure if it sounds at all absurd... :-p
So basically you're saying that 'third world' human lives are worth less than westerners?
Nice.