Aggressive, Iranian, terrorist forces attacked our brave, honest, and totally innocent troops that just happened to be in Syria at the time (nothing to see here).
So obviously our brave boys counter-attacked, because naked aggression cannot be tolerated.

Up until this summer, the genocide happening in Yemen was mostly being conducted by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Nearly a quarter of a million people have died. America's involvement was largely limited to giving the Saudis logistical and naval assistance.
That changed this year.

Usually it's the president or some senior State Department representative that throws around threats against a foreign nation. However, this week the Pentagon skipped right past the executive branch and threatened Iran directly.

Most people seem to have forgotten that the U.S. still has around 900 troops in Syria, illegally occupying roughly a third of the nation alongside our Kurdish allies.

Before I begin I want to say that I know Afghanistan and Yemen aren't technically in the Middle East, but I used the term anyway for the benefit of Americans.

I have to wonder what the people in the U.N. thought when Biden said this:

The withdrawal from Afghanistan is nearly half-way complete, and is looking almost unstoppable now.
Of course we won't stop bombing Afghanistan. Sheesh. What sort of imperialist empire doesn't bomb Afghanistan? I suppose you want a unicorn pony too?

First of all, every president since at least 2001 has been a war criminal, and Biden is no different. So what I'm talking about is just the degree of war criminal.

That being said, let's look at recent policy changes, starting with Afghanistan.

To be 100% accurate, the American involvement in Syria's Civil War was always a shit show.
There's the time we spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a rebel army, only to see that rebel army immediately turn their weapons over to Al Qaeda and throw away their uniforms.

Unless you work in the military, there's no way that you can answer that question.
But every once in a while we get a glimpse of what our generals have been up to.
Thanks to a South African Mail & Guardian investigation, we now have a better idea.