The Middle East was a mess when all of us were born and the region will still remain a mess long after we have all departed this Earth. Whenever I read an article in a magazine or watch one of the talking head cable shows I cringe when I see that person presented as a Middle East “expert”. All these Middle East “experts” have put us in unwinnable situations over there at the cost of thousands of US servicemen and women, and trillions from our treasury. Enough already. It has been a religious war over there for a thousand years and more. Muslims hate Christians, Jews and anyone else who does not belong to their religion, and they don’t want to peace as we know it. That is never going to change and that will last to the last days of Earth. You don’t need to be an international policy wonk to know that.
How many successes had the US had from fighting in Muslim countries? One could argue that we saved Kuwait from the Iraqi army, but as you know, Gulf War 1 led to Gulf War 2, which was bad for the people on both sides, although somebody made big profits. Remember how Afghanistan was the “good” war and Iraq was the “bad” war? Coups in which US troops were not heavily involved, like Libya, are nothing to be proud of.