Hi Dakota,
I read your post but didn't have a chance to respond yesterday, was planning on doing it today.
I support our troops...period. They are not the dictators of action in this war, they are just doing their job. The politicians and movers and shakers are the ones who decide where we fight, those boys and men and girls and women who go...are going with good intentions, to serve their country and protect it.
I LIVE in the USA but I am not naive enough to think I understand or am given access to EVERYTHING the political leaders are given to base their decisions on. I do NOT believe everything I see or hear in the news. I am not a member of the CIA, or FBI or any other organization. I know full well there is information that is NOT released....and disinformation that IS spread.
So having said all that, I find it interesting that people who do not even LIVE here can see so clearly what is going on in this country. That your sources of news and information must be SO superior to ours that you are able to cut through the propaganda and BS politicians around the world sometimes feed us, and aim your sharp powers of comprehension at world news and IMMEDIATELY weed out what is true and fact. Especially when these events are taking place half a world away from you. That is an amazing feat.
When I have your super powers I too will be able to make such definite statements about what is going on in the world. Until then, all I can work with is what I see around me....trust that some of the facts I think I have are accurate...and do the best I can with the knowledge I have available to me. That's it.
Tracy