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CMV: The US has no business being in the middle east

There’s been a lot of controversy and talk of war after Trump assassinated Iran’s equivalent to the vice president. What I don’t understand is why the US cant leave the middle east alone. We’ve invaded iran FOUR times since WW2 and have killed roughly 300-400k civilians since 2001. Not to mention constant drone strikes which almost always kill mainly civilians (many of them being children). At this point, we’re only in the middle east for oil and it’s sick that we’ve spent 2 trillion on destroying other countries. CMV.
gpt
You're absolutely right and woefully wrong at the same time. Of course, in a perfect world the US would have made themselves and the world independent from fossil fuel... in a perfect world people do not kill over money and power. But sadl y our world is anything but perfect and the US and any large force will always have "business" interests when money and power are on the table.