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Yellow posted...

He shouldn't even be considering any airstrikes

What a ridiculous and naive claim. Airstrikes aren't inherently bad, and needs context, like anything else.

Yellow posted...

and should end the war immediately

It was a bombing in Syria against Iranian-backed militants, that suddenly attacked US forces first, neither of which has to do with Iraq/Afghanistan.

This is seriously like a middle-school level attempt to discuss geopolitics. Cease these piteous attempts at going so.

Mead posted...

I thought congress were the ones that decided who we are at war with? If Biden can just stop the conflict in the Middle East without doing more damage, then yes I think he should do that

Technically correct. The Last time the US formally declared war was for WWII. But obviously, a formal declaration isn't nor hasn't been needed in decades, by any country, to do stuff like the Iraq/Afgan invasions. Congress *DID* authorize the initial bombing campaign against Iraq, but it still wasn't a formal war declaration.

Obviously, this itself is problematic for a variety of reasons, but the US would still have troops stationed in the ME, meaning attacks by random militants (which occurred and inspired the US counter-attack) are something that would happen anyways. And it should be noted, the "war" against Iraq was completed and troops withdrawn 10 years ago, in 2011. Iraq also voted in 2020 for all foreign troops to leave the country. It shall be seen under Biden how that goes down.

As for Afghanistan, technically the "war" is still ongoing, but it should be noted that Afghanistan has been a NATO affair the entire time, not just a US one. And for the record, the recent agreement with the Taliban is supposed to drawn down US troop numbers there, so long as the Taliban agree to the terms.

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