[rstuart4133]

> Can someone genuinely explain why we keep starting wars in middle-east?

This is not an explanation, but avoid wars isn't as easy as it might appear to be.

The USA did put a lot of thought and planning into avoiding being embroiled in a middle-east war. It looked like that thought and planning was working, and then ...

https://theconversation.com/trumps-first-term-lies-at-the-he...

I don't for a second believe that current US administration wanted this war. But it would have taken skill and finesse to avoid it, not slogans and populism.