>> Why is the US occupying part of Syria? Why is the US involved in the middle east at all? Because it has economic or geopolitical interests(or both) in there

>> Why is the US occupying part of Syria? Why is the US involved in the middle east at all? Because it has economic or geopolitical interests(or both) in there and because it can. Even a tiny country(i.e Belarus, North Korea) can play a role in a big conflict so why would U.S give up influence? If the U.S doesn't show up Russia or China takes the whole cake(influence wise). Not to mention the 9/11 thing. Imagine the whole Syria ruled by Al-Qaeda or IS Like it or not America's isolationism ended after WWII began and I think overall it was a good thing for the whole world(at least a big part of it).