Serious question, most of the civilians have got up and left for civilized countries. That leaves a dictatorship, and two extremist groups(FSA is an extremist group, the second US cuts support they will turn on the US). That portion of the world has always been a shithole, destroying it would be a favor to humanity, no? Cut the head off of the beast? Destroy ISIS without direct military confrontation? They're obviously willing to attack the west directly. Returning the favor would be simple and effective.
Inb4 op is lettuce
PS: If this ends up in destiny forums it is because the app automatically does it sometimes, fix your app bungie
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[b][i]Warning! Intelligent and reasonable comment inbound![/b][/i] I'm down for tactical missile strikes and all, but you can't just launch a nuke like that. The Cold War is the sole reason why we had to make an international rule-book against it. Nuclear fall-out, poisoning from radiation, the threat of counter-nukes and aggressive retaliation; the list goes on.