General Discussion

(1) proved to be a disaster for the people we were supposedly trying to help, and

(2) proved most likely to have been about giving our oligarchs access to the resources in that people's country – oil, rare earth metals, etc.

US policy has no problem ignoring the plight of the oppressed if they either (a) live where there's nothing much to exploit, or (b) are oppressed by a government that allows our oligarchs to exploit their resources in exchange for a cut of the action.

You'll never hear the MSM question the grounds for a war that's in the interests of the oligarchs, because the oligarchs own the MSM. For truth, you'll have to tune into some new stations.