Oh the insanity.
Fighting ISIS on the ground will not make them go away. ISIS will simply return to being the guerrilla insurgency it was before last year. Meanwhile the lone wolf terrorism in the West will continue unabated. What it will do is drive more civilians in these areas into the arms of ISIS, like it did the first time. ISIS wants another 'crusade', don't give it to them.
The US has to support the local government's efforts, not get anymore involved themselves.
I remember in 2006 when Israel invaded Lebanon in an effort to wipe out Hezbollah. It was an unmitigated failure; while they dominated militarily, Hezbollah survived and rebuilt almost immediately. I guess 57% don't remember that.
I suspect that the majority of Americans were never aware of that fact in the first place.
I distinctly remember it being all over the news when it happened. Though if people don't remember it then they might as well have never known about it to begin with.
What I meant was that they hadn't ever realized that the invasion was an "unmitigated failure", not that the invasion itself occurred.
