At 240,000 dead and counting in Syria, the rise of ISIL plus Iranian, American-led, Turkish, and now Russian intervention, let's recall that we didn't arm the non-jihadi rebels back before they were marginalized by jihadis because, as Secretary of State Clinton put it, we didn't want to militarize the conflict further.
Thank goodness we didn't do that!
I'm starting to think we should hope she sleeps through any 3:00 AM phone call.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
