Reuters
Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest: Americans are Tired of Middle East Mayhem
Can Washington avoid spending another decade of being entrapped in the Middle Eastern quicksand? Or is it dangerously close to repeating the same poor judgment?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s eight-day trip to the Middle East, which took him to Jordan and through the Gulf before concluding in Oman, was marketed by the Trump administration as a messaging tour. Coming weeks after President Donald Trump’s announcement that all U.S. troops will be leaving Syria in a matter of months, Pompeo spent the bulk of his regional tour impressing upon Arab rulers that Washington will remain an active player in the Middle East.
As is typical with many secretaries of state who deliver speeches in foreign lands, Pompeo’s remarks were full of the kinds of anecdotes and flowery rhetoric only a quintessential American exceptionalist could love. He talked about the United States as “ a force for good ” in the region, one willing and ready to stand by its partners during a time of crisis.
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WNU Editor: If polls are any indication .... the answer is yes .... Americans are tired of being involved in the mayhem that exists in the Middle East. Unfortunately .... as we learned when President Trump ordered the withdraw of military forces from Syria .... the U.S. foreign and security establishment, Republicans and Democrats, along with much of the main stream media .... have a completely different point of view, and have learned nothing since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
