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Originally Posted by Platapus
Can't the United States just stay out of this. If the UN wants to go in, let some other member states (Arab) go in, then it won't be a "crusade" of evil West against Islam.
Just because there is some shootin to do, does not mean that the US has to be involved.  |
If you substitute United States with western states, these are exactly my thoughts. There is a reason that the Arab League demands that the West should intervene. If something goes wrong - and something always goes wrong, we know that there is not something like warfare without civilian casualties - then the infidels take the blame for bombing civs.
The Arab states have the military resources to do this on their own. Supporting them with logistic/financial aid: fine - landing western troops/using western air forces to strike: deeply dangerous.