Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
Well we have tried the "Let them have it all back" after we invest $Billions$ in propping them up system a couple of times now and failed

Yea, it is pretty frustrating.

So I vote for the "Let's actually invade and take over everything" routine and give it back after we take all the oil it takes to pay us back for our costs, and if they want our help after that they have to pay us for keeping the peace...

Let's give that a try and see what happens

Basically tried after WWI and had a good deal to setting up WWII.

That way we are not leaving a "Power Vacuum"
Some how managed not to leave a "power vacuum" in Germany after WWII. Unfortunately the current war on terrorism is not conventional in any sense of the word. The old recipes don't seem to have the desired effect.

Maybe the current attempt at getting the regional players to sort their own problems out, with support, will have longer lasting success or not.

Bob