Our Middle East policy sure doesn’t seem to be based upon the will of the American people nor what is best for our nation.
The Iraq invasions and 9/11 were used to manipulate us into the tar baby of making the Middle East “safe” for Democracy.
The USA is less safe now.
The USA is less free now.
Who does our failed policy benefit, by design or accident? Certainly not you or me.
Israel and Saudi Arabia are certainly in a better place without Saddam, with us “policing” Afghanistan, without Gaddafi, with a weaker Syria, (even though they failed to bring down Assad).
I don’t care if our failed policies were a conspiracy or if it was just hubris that drove our government to try and impose its will, or a USA/Israeli/SA vision on the region by military force.
Trump was elected in part to get us out of the quagmire. So far his grade is a D-
Trumps stance against Iran might be opening bid bluster, we’ll see.
He wasn’t elected to start another war where we are a proxy for other regional powers.
He was elected to stop that *expletive deleted*it.