I used to be a pretty gungho about us being in the middle east and trying to keep the peace over there. After watching several frontline documentaries about the

I used to be a pretty gungho about us being in the middle east and trying to keep the peace over there. After watching several frontline documentaries about the Iraq, Syrian and Afghan wars, I've done a full 180 and feel there's no good reason to be there anymore (if there ever was a "good" one). This article just confirms what I've long suspected - it's very difficult and nearly impossible to tell who the good guys are and who are the bad guys. The idea of who we should be defending and protecting is so cloudy now, I just think we're better off just not being in the region at all. The idea of several ongoing proxy wars between the Russians and the US isn't making me feel any better either. When you start to mix modern warfare with geopolitical agenda's, it never going to end well for the populations that have to endure it.