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This is the responsiblity of powers that be. However due to our recent history of destroying those principles - becoming the world's policemen - those nations must relearn what their responsiblitiies are.
Egypt and some Gulf states are doing that in Libya. Currently most do not have an air force sufficient to provide necessary support. So we are the emergency backup. We are sending in air support. And demanding that countries such as Saudi Arabia step up. And that means buying sufficient weapons so that America need not return.
Unfortunately, even Turkey has this "it is not our problem" mentality. Made worse by Cheney's belief that "Regan proved that deficits don't matter." It will take time for these nation to admit what their responsiblities are.
Of course, none of this is possible when the leader in Iraq is a self serving baffon. George Jr spend hours each day on video conferences with Maliki teaching him politics. Then Maliki only undermined the Iraqi army using the same strategy and purpose that S VietNam's leaders did to undermine their army. Holbrook stated this blunty into Maliki's face. Who then hated Holbrook rather than learn from an expert on how and how not to run a government that has the people's support.
Hopefully the new leader has a brain. And not a need to enrich himself in self serving power as Maliki wanted.
As usual, the General's solution is a major campaign. This president has on multiple occasions shot down that wrongheaded need to deploy more troops to a problem that much first be solved / addressed there by them.
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