Oh, I know - most likely it will contribute to more death and destruction or as you described, wind up in some corrupt official / warlord / oligarch's pocket. T

Oh, I know - most likely it will contribute to more death and destruction or as you described, wind up in some corrupt official / warlord / oligarch's pocket. There are no good guys in corrupt and evil wars, yet people love to try and pick one. If folks new the whole story behind this war and the history of the region and US / NGO intervention in it, before throwing their support blindly behind a cause because their government and media told them to, I believe the sentiment around this war would be much different and no one would be cheering either side on in it. It's just like Medicare and prescription drugs though - trusting citizens expect their government to enact policy that has their best interests at heart. Then they don't, and they turn around and vote for them again anyway. Then they'll wag the finger across the aisle and find some other virtuous cause to distract from the fact they're being screwed over by the very leaders they voted for, that turned around and lied to their faces. Military industrial complex, big pharma, our state-run media - It doesn't really matter what sector the federal government decides to get in bed with, people complain about it and then go right back to the polls to signal their willingness and intent to go through with another cycle of it all over again.