What a waste of lives, money, and time the mideast is.
Only when you have a succesion of damn fools in the White House, one worse than the one before him.
In the Middle East, as long as Islam is allowed to exist, you can ONLY have one of three governmental alternatives:
Anarchy, Fantical Theocracies, or Military Dictatorships.
Take your pick.
The best alternative is the last as long as the dictator is beneficial to us.
If you expect anything else, you’re a damned fool, but then you have great company - this President and his three predecessors.
You summed it up nicely.