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Okay, Syria wasn't bad, it was handled atrociously and Iraq was nearly as bad. There were those in the military that warned the then SECDEF that disbanding the Iraqi regular army was a bad idea. Ignored. There were those who said the initial lull in activity after our victory was because there was a indigenous resistance taking shape the lull was simply while they organized. Ignored. That led directly to the uprisings. Had we kept the regular Iraqi army intact, not the Republican Guards, and used those generals who were offering their services we would have largely saved ourselves from the ensuing violence and Iraq would be a safer place today and more friendly to the US.

As far as children being killed in war by the US. Yes, occasionally we make mistakes. The difference is we try our hardest to stop collateral damage. The enemy uses children as shields and bomb deliver devices. War is Hell. The way we try and fight it today makes us forget that war is Hell. War is supposed to be Hell so we try to avoid it at all costs. Now with our smart bombs and laser guided munitions we try and stop collateral damage and fight an antiseptic war. War is supposed to be Hell so we don't fight over and over or continuously for over a decade. I'm a soldier and I can tell you soldiers don't like war and only join to keep us strong enough so we never have to fight a war.

Now, I'm going to blow your minds. Imagine a future in which we fight a real war. Imagine another country using nuclear weapons on us and following up with an invasion. Imagine half of your family wiped out in the initial attacks and some of the rest behind enemy lines, starving because the enemy is taking all the food for their troops. What do you think we'd do to win a war like that? Do you think anyone would care that CNN was showing pictures of burning enemy cities and burnt bodies? No, during a war of survival a country, any country, will do what it must to win.

During WW II we unleashed true scunyon on Germany and Japan. By doing so, we broke their will to resist, completely. We killed a lot of civilians. Was that horrible? Yes, war is Hell. Was it wrong? I don't know. Perhaps we should ask the Jewish people we saved that would have died had we took another day, or week, or month to get to their concentration camp. Sometimes war is a necessary evil. When it is, we should do whatever it takes to fight and win it and end the Hell as quickly as possible.

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The one problem with your analogy is this isn't a sudden nuclear war, this is a slow neglect and lack of foresight by all involved. ISIS should have never been allowed to gradually become so big that they could enter Syrian lands from Iraq. This is actually a problem of neglect and if its any fault of the media is to not warn about it more before it happened.

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The Pentagon might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to speed up the fight against ISIS.

So far, only small teams made up largely of US Special Operations forces have operated in Syria, providing training and assistance to anti-ISIS opposition groups on the ground. Ref. CNN.

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NotForSale,

I understand what you are saying but my analogy is discussing how we should fight wars not about how the situation deteriorated to where we are today. I may have done poor job of relating that.

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US Marines have arrived in northern Syria with artillery to support US-backed local forces fighting there, two US officials say.

The US-backed fighters are preparing to move in the coming weeks against the city of Raqqa, ISIS' self-declared capital, according to the officials.

The deployment does not come as a surprise. Military commanders have discussed for weeks the possibility of putting artillery forces into the area. A similar deployment last year near Mosul, Iraq involved several hundred Marines equipped with artillery guns that fire shells to provide covering fire for advancing forces. Ref. CNN.

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Exclusive: US says it carried out deadly strike that hit Aleppo mosque:

Military officials have confirmed to Airwars that a strike in rural Aleppo which reportedly left dozens dead in and around a mosque was carried out by US aircraft. Ref. Source 5n

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Pentagon Denies Bombing Syrian Mosque, But Its Own Photo May Prove That It Did:

More than 42 people were killed and dozens more injured Ref. Source 9g.

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U.S. Military investigates Mosul airstrike after more than 100 civilians reportedly killed

The U.S. Military in investigating reports that more than 100 civilians were killed in a coalition airstrike last week in Mosul, where U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are clearing the city of Islamic State militants. If confirmed, it would be the largest civilian casualty incident in the coalition air campaign in Iraq and Syria, which is more than two years old. The coalition said in a statement Saturday that the assessment is focused on a March 17 airstrike made at the request of Iraqi security forces in the area where the allegations surfaced. Ref. USAToday.

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Assad fate up to Syrians to decide: US secretary of state:

The remarks are a significant departure from the position of the former US government, which made any resolution of the Syria crisis conditional on President Assad stepping down. Ref. Source 2g.