it's not really a matter of it being our job. it's a matter of national interest
we have an interest in keeping syria destabilized
also our support for israel is our in with the whole middle east. we basically have american sparta in the center of the most oil-rich region on the planet for the cost of relative pennies. we give more to pakistan plus egypt than we give to israel, and we could launch a war from israel. pakistan wouldn't even give us osama. if we could buy pakistan as cheaply as we bought israel, we would
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