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[JDPriestly]

96. It won't be Petraeus. Broadwell was an excuse not the reason for Petraeus's exit.

That is my opinion.

Syria policy is in my opinion the big problem.

And on top of that, we need to be more honest about war.

You fight a war to win. You don't fight a war to make friends.

After you have won the war, you can make friends. But as long as you are fighting a war you concentrate on winning the war, not on developing the country you are fighting.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

War is serious business. Don't go fighting wars here and there unless you are really going to go in to win.

We have been fighting wars for reasons that are not related to the purpose of war. War is a serious business. We should not have gone into Iraq. We should wait to fight in places like Syria until the local issues are settled and clear enough for us to take a side and know who we want to support.

Eisenhower warned about the military/industrial complex because he knew that the complex wants to develop weapons and war material for reasons other than winning wars. That complex thrives on lost wars. It would never admit it, but it does. That is a huge problem for our country.

If you fight a war, fight to win. No holds barred. But don't fight wars over things that really can be resolved through other means. ISIS has no air support. We should be able to end their progress more easily than we are.