After 911 I think most people felt we had to retaliate against the perpetrators. Who would we attack?

After following events in the Middle East since 1973 it has always been a very volatile part of the world. So we were naive to think anything would change or get better for the people of the region. Now after the United States has taken its course of action after 911 the collapse of any type of structure or chance for peace is all but over. People intent on bringing down civilization, the hatred between nations, ethnic differences extreme radical philosophy driven terror. All have escalated and ensued since the U.S. invaded Iraq. 

G.W. Bush the first, held forces back from Baghdad after the “Gulf War” operation Desert Shield and then Desert Storm 1990-91 were to build up forces we had to;

GULF WAR This article is about the war in 1990–91. For other wars of that name,.The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), code named Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War(also referred to in the U.S. as "Operation Iraqi Freedom").The Iraqi Army's occupation of Kuwait that began 2 August 1990 was met with international condemnation, and brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the U.N. Security Council. U.S. President George H. W. Bush deployed U.S. forces into Saudi Arabia and urged other countries to send their own forces to the scene. An array of nations joined the Coalition, the largest military alliance since World War II. The great majority of the Coalition's military forces were from the U.S., with Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Egypt as leading contributors, in that order. Saudi Arabia paid around US$36 billion of the US$60 billion cost

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After 911 I think most people felt we had to retaliate against the perpetrators. Who would we attack?  Most American’s agreed seek retribution. We tried the only the problem was we went after the wrong people and wrong country. I never thought I would miss Sadam Hussein, he was no Mr. Rodgers. I said at the time, put him back in power don’t hang him. Everyone deserves a second chance, I am be sarcastic of course. Or am I? What if we realized war crimes were committed on both sides weather or not we want to admit the U.S. was no exception?

The plot formed for the attack of 911 most of us know now that the majority of the hijackers were Saudi’s. Ten years earlier we were protecting Saudi Arabia from the Iraqi’s.  Enter Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda and now onto Afghanistan another country that invaders and occupiers never have fared well in. Ask the Russians how Soviet Union did their 20 years before we took over in another place where a war cannot be won. What will happen as we withdraw from there? The same thing just leave it for the wolves and hyenas lets go home and forget it ever happened. We tried however ewe did not succeed again. Oh well let the atrocities continue and intensify in Afghanistan. 

Omar Kaddafi gone, and Assad still in power in Syria. After hundreds of billions of borrowed money America has not lost another war. We did not win it either, it is still going on, except we are not actually in the fight anymore. Or are we still fighting? It so confusing…..
 Now a surreal scenario has taken over, just to set the record straight as to how we got so involved and how we helped to created what is going on now in the Middle East.  Now to the point of daily crimes against humanity that have become common place, we never thought possible in this day and age. Cutting off heads, burning people alive torture, violence against women, the rape of young girls being sold into sexual slavery.

I even have heard people say President Obama has a lot of blood on his hands. Guess what we all do living in America electing the people who have made the policies that have brought us to this point in history. The pride factor of being an American is a great one that I hope is never lost. Now damage control is to completely abandon the people of the nation’s we have helped to destroy. Life goes on we see things on the news the world events, terrorism, the return of Russian aggression. The problems that face us now are like never before. Very serious and dangerous times we find ourselves living in.

Thousands of the brave American forces coming back home physically and emotionally damaged the ones that were lucky to come back. The thousands of soldiers that died in the Arabian Desert. Fighting at the time a noble cause eliminating the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Wait, I forgot no weapons of mass destruction. Oh well, sorry about that we made a mistake we still are paying for.

A very big mistake that has now ultimately caused hundreds of thousands of lives lost and counting, more each day or minute. The bloodbath that has occurred is of unimaginable proportion. Wrong place wrong country wrong time. Let’s fight wars to win from now on if it is worth going to war and sacrificing countless lives we might as well win it. Get it over and do what worked so well in Europe and Asia, Germany and Japan, destroy them, concur them, occupy them until we are friends. That would be nice Japan and Germany are great allies now 70 plus years after the war.

 Defeat evil and let liberty prevail, a noble concept worth fighting and dying for. Easy for me to say different times different causes. Different times for sure however the atrocity’s and crimes against humanity are growing and need to be stopped. Once foes now allies it worked out fighting for our freedom in defense of our country, Germany, Japan had to be stopped. Iraq, Iran. Syria, the entire Middle East were they expected to accept the great liberators and get in line to experience democracy? It is not so easy, it never was easy to be an occupier or invader and liberators have never had a warm welcome. It is their country, their religions and beliefs and those things are not easily swayed to or are changed.

It was not so long ago that we were the invader in our homeland the Native American Indians were decimated by the US Military. Not so long ago and now we have to go back to 1940’s WWII to have a victory in war. Conflicts like Korea and Vietnam became a great way to abandon a lost cause. Things have changed in the world and it has become a very dangerous place. Warfare we are trying to make different with Special Forces pin point assaults cut down on human loss and collateral damage. However it does still happen innocent people are killed. Mechanized war implemented to help the cause of freedom without exposing our young people to ground combat. Darkness and evil now flow as a dye cast on the land the sand has turned red with blood. Many cities of the Middle East in rubble countless lives ended many in the most gruesome of ways.

 A lost cause with no good option available to help, on most and all levels now completely out of control. It would take a consorted effort on the part of our allied’ nations and risk many more thousands of American troops to bring order and law to the region. Eliminate the ISIL, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and stop the growing numbers being recruited with in the US and Allied nations. I keep thinking when are the good guy’s going to show up to end the atrocities taking place, crimes against humanity and antiquities. The surreal events keep taking place  horrific scenarios. I keep wondering when and if the good guys will show up and put an end to the killing. What happened to the United Nations? Nato? Our “Allies” in the Middle East?

 Open season across the land where the forces of darkness have taken over how long we will let this stand? Let’s hope decisions we make in the future are not as misguided as the ones made by our elected leaders in the past. And possibly people will realize we need to rally at critical times around each other to help make changes and create hope for the defeat of our enemies that are of the darkness. Good prevailing over evil is a must win situation at this point in time.