There is so much talk about whether “We” America should intervene in Iraq. In my opinion there is no collective “we”. The fraction of the United States that served in the last 13 years is less than a percent and the amount that actually saw combat is infinitely smaller. The reasons that small percent was sent in to topple an Oppressive Dictator is highly contested, but the reality is we still ousted an asshole who enslaved and murdered millions. Many of us in the combat arms fields (including myself) re-enlisted to continue to serve, rebuild and give democracy and freedom to a people who were shit on for 30 years by an asshole. Now a new group of assholes has arisen and are committing horrible atrocities. All in a land where I watched my friends die trying to get the Arab world out of the Stone Age. What disgusts me is politicians weighing the political ramifications of whether or not to go in and help people being ethnically cleansed. These are the same people who pontificated the evils of “Bush” and “The War” from a safe air-conditioned office while my brothers and I were shot at in 120 degree heat. Needless to say I don’t give a fuck about their opinion because while they hold up signs that say ‪#‎BringBackOurGirls,‬ My brothers and I will hold our sites on our enemy ready to engage. The sad reality of it is, if “we” do go and send the Marines we will not fight to win. Our hands will be tied by the politicians who have no idea the true evils of our enemy. Tolerance, equality and winning the “hearts and minds” are nice ideas brought to you by modern society but when you deal with savages “2 in the heart and 1 in the mind” is the only way to solve the problem. In the past America did not to tolerate evil; We stamped it out with ruthless authority and made sure that it would Never rise again. The only way to truly solve the problem is to erase those animals from the annals of history and drag what is left into the 21st century.