The US has zero business in the middle east.
If the US gov did all that had to be done at home (like keeping the mob from invading the US), found some unspent trillion or two, went to the Middle East, kicked some Arab ass and came home with goodies we, the lowly citizens, would benefit from, then I would be cheering the US MICC instead of calling them names.
Unfortunately, the reality is the exact opposite of what I just wrote. We are the stupidest world cop who is doing things for free the Magnificent Seven style...