It all started here and the cycle seems to be repeating itself again today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone -- Operation Cyclone
Carter started it,
Reagan and HW Bush continued it,
Clinton tried to contain it,
GW Bush fell into it hook, line and sinker,
Obama tried to run from the failed policies of his predecessors.
Now Putin starts it all over again in Syria ...
This is a no-win scenario to no end (or the toward the end
).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q