US interventions in West Asia yield two observations: one, the country can inflict hurt and damage, but has no capacity to heal, to rehabilitate or to reconstruct. And, two, despite the frequent references of US leaders to freedom and human rights, none of the rulers in the region believes that America has a serious interest in reform – they will remain the guardians of US’s interests in West Asia as it flounders from one crisis to another, and leaves in its wake a long trail of death and destruction.
Sums up American excepptuonalism
