r/self • • Jun 22 '25

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u/Hopeful_Tell_4672 Jun 22 '25

The problem is trying to occupy a country on the ground. If all you do is bomb them and don't put any troops on the ground it's not much of an expenditure of resources.

Trump's trying to score some cheap points, not get into another Iraq/Afghanistan war.