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<blockquote data-quote="Panin" data-source="post: 1399060" data-attributes="member: 52431">I saw this list on another site re:ISIS. It makes a lot of sense to me.1. What are our true national security interests and goals both short-term and long-term?&nbsp;2. What is our exit plan?&nbsp;3. What powers will we leave behind?&nbsp;4. What are possible unintended side-effects where hasty intervention could make things worse?&nbsp;5. What will be the total realistic anticipated costs and time frames over the entire life-cycle of the intervention? Who is going to pay for it? What else could we spend those monies, time, and management resources on that may have greater value and might improve regional stability in indirect ways?&nbsp; (Opportunity cost.)&nbsp;6. What alternative ways might we reach our same goals without putting boots on the ground in both Iraq and Iran?&nbsp;7. What other nations will help?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Panin, post: 1399060, member: 52431"] I saw this list on another site re:ISIS. It makes a lot of sense to me. [I]1. What are our true national security interests and goals both short-term and long-term? 2. What is our exit plan? 3. What powers will we leave behind? 4. What are possible unintended side-effects where hasty intervention could make things worse? 5. What will be the total realistic anticipated costs and time frames over the entire life-cycle of the intervention? Who is going to pay for it? What else could we spend those monies, time, and management resources on that may have greater value and might improve regional stability in indirect ways? (Opportunity cost.) 6. What alternative ways might we reach our same goals without putting boots on the ground in both Iraq and Iran? 7. What other nations will help?[/I] [/QUOTE]

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