OK, we started bombing a new country. Straight up or down: do you support it?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

26. Against

To be clear: I support our troops. I support our President, but I disagree with him on this issue.

I appreciated the King of Jordan's apprarance on 60 Minutes, in which he eloquently stated that all nations in the region must decide between good and evil; refused to even use IS and Islam in the same sentence; and generally seemed concerned with the massive influx of refugees Jordan has chosen to receive. I was not quite so appreciative of Leon Pannetta's "I told you so" attitude. I in no way appreciate having to choose among absolute monarchs, theocracies, and military dictatorships.

We cannot solve the Middle East. We spent a trillion and lost 4,000 lives in Iraq. Our best option is to wish them all the best of luck, and walk away. The next time we get a wild hair to spend $1T, let's spend it at home, and spend the rest on our neighbors in Central America and the Caribbean. Let's build clean, renewable energy, and stop depending on oil -- whether it is from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Alberta, or Texas. It's not pie-in-the-sky. We've scratched the surface on wind; many more vehicles can be Hybridized; and solar panels can go on every roof, street lamp, traffic signal, or other surface. Dead rail lines can be reclaimed as bike lanes and allow suburbanites to bike to work -- helping the environment and the obesity problem. How many more office jobs can be moved to home-based offices, eliminating 60-80% of the need to commute?

Our enemies are dependence and greed.