Let's say "No Thanks" to Another Iraq War Invitation

I suppose smarter people than I will make some decision on what the U.S. should do in the current crisis in Iraq.  Still, it would take lots of convincing for me to believe that we, as a country, should enter into IRAQ WAR, Part II.  The Middle East is a mess, not likely to change anytime soon; the tribal and religious warfare has been going on for centuries.  Why do we think we can fix that?

The Israel-Palestine conflict has only been going on since 1948 (well, earlier in some form) and we cannot seem to get that one closer to the finish line.  What, with our collective hubris, do we think we can reasonably do?

True, a stronger Al Qaeda faction, or whatever the terrorist flavor of the day is, is a threat to our country and other interests.  But if there was an answer, should we not have already reached the solution?   All those years of expending our blood and treasure has now come to naught?  Should we throw more good treasure after bad?

It seems the Iraqi army/police force has decided to drop their weapons and flee.  They blame it on their incompetent leaders, but who trained those leaders?  I thought the U.S did, and if so, what did we get out of it?

I say NO to more aid to this truly “god-forsaken” patch of earth.  We have spent billions so far and have not met the goal.  Why do some people insist that the next time will be better?

Let’s, instead, bolster our own borders and our spy craft using just a portion of those billions and let those “lost” countries deal with their own issues.  Let them implode on themselves.  Let the Middle East fix itself.   We have tried and apparently failed.  Time’s up.