BarcaDeac
Well-known member
Perhaps the most absurd part of Cotton's argument is that the US military can just deter people from acting against it with a show of force. The US lost in Vietnam and Afghanistan and it's hard to call Iraq a win. The US military is actually quite bad at quelling rebellions among populations that have nothing to lose and are willing to fight for their cause. They just kill people and encourage more people rise up. And that's what US policies have created in this country, people who are desperate for change and will fight for it.
I do wonder if people like Cotton think that their enemy this time is mostly unarmed.